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Classic Films

LessAspin

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5. Spaghetti Western

Reply to rickford66 (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:44 AM

Yesterday

Clint Eastwood was reluctant at first to spend his down time from the TV show Rawhide to film GBU in Europe 🌍

Also interesting to note that in his contract the Hollywood Studios made it so Eastwood and other actors could not take acting jobs in the US during their off time.

Which led to the proliferation of the so called Spaghetti Western 🌵

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Behind the Scenes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, 1966) with Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach [View all] rickford66 Nov 8 OP

This movie just makes me laugh buzzycrumbhunger Nov 8 #1

The sound track is from a different movie rickford66 Nov 8 #2

interesting thanks. they could do wonders with the sound these days nt msongs Nov 8 #3

Eli Wallach refused to do a retake of the scene in which his head was near the passing train. John1956PA Nov 9 #4

Spaghetti Western LessAspin Yesterday #5

Henry Fonda LessAspin Yesterday #6