On this day in movie history - A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

A Fistful of Dollars

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Sergio Leone, Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil, Fernando Di Leo, Duccio Tessari, and Tonino Valerii,

based on a story by Sergio Leone, Adriano Bolzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena and Mark Lowell,

was released in Italy on September 12, 1964.

Based on the movie Yojimbo (1961), directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Music by Ennio Morricone (as Dan Savio).

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, W. Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, Joe Edger, Antonio Prieto, Pepe Calvo, Margherita Lozano, Daniel Martín, Benny Reeves, Richard Stuyvesant, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambreli, Antonio Moreno, Nino del Arco, Enrique Santiago, Umberto Spadaro, Fernando Sánchez Polack, José Riesgo, Luis Barboo, Frank Braña, Antonio Molino Rojo, Lorenzo Robledo, William R. Thompkins, José Canalejas, Álvaro de Luna, Nazzareno Natale, Antonio Pica.

On this day in movie history - For a Few Dollars More (1965)

For a Few Dollars More

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone and Sergio Donati,

based on a story by Sergio Leone and Fulvio Morsella,

was released in Italy on December 18, 1965.

Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Brega, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli, Aldo Sambrell, Klaus Kinski, Benito Stefanelli, Panos Papadopoulos, Robert Camardiel, Josef Egger, Antoñito Ruiz, Tomas Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo, Dante Maggio, Werner Abrolat, Frank Braña, José Canalejas, Rosemary Dexter, Fernando Di Leo, Jesús Guzmán, Peter Lee Lawrence, Sergio Leone, Antonio Molino Rojo, Ricardo Palacios, Carlo Simi.