This is a Sergio Leone spaghetti western. It stars Charles Bronson as Harmonica, a mysterious character who is extracting revenge as he goes. Is ultimate goal is Frank (Henry Fonda), who is a very evil character but who is tied with the rail road, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) and thereby gets away with it. He and his men murder a family; but Cleveland (Jason Robards) is blamed. Frank and the railroad want the property of the man they murdered. They did not know he had recently married. His widow is Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale). Cleveland and Harmonica form an alliance of sorts to keep McBain from being cheated of her estate. Even Frank and Harmonica form an alliance for a time, as Harmonica wants to be sure he is the person to kill Frank, who lynched his father when he was a boy.
The movie is very slow at times with periods of violence. Leone really drags out gun fights. It is a 2 1/2 hour movie and could have been compressed greatly.
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