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Sergio Leone’s original uncut masterpiece is a monumental epic. The picture
itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations. As grand as it’s fine
distinguished cast, and as tough and bawdy as everybody imagines the old west.
Henry Fonda plays the blackest character of his long career, and he’s utterly
convincing as Frank, the ruthless, murderous psychopath who suffers no
conscience pangs after annihilating an entire family. Jason Robards is the
half-breed falsely accused of the terrible slaughter. Charles Bronson plays The
Man, who remembers how his brother was savagely tortured.
Brilliantly directed
be Leone, this glorious picture re-established the Western’s significance to
cinema art.
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