For a Few Dollars More
Movie, 1965, Named by the studio, Set in Second in the trilogy
For a Few Dollars More is #6 of 48 in release order and #32 of 48 in chronological order in the Spiritual Trilogies.
The story
Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.
For a Few Dollars More recap
Two bounty hunters work the same territory: Monco, a young drifter, and Colonel Douglas Mortimer, an older former officer with a collection of long-range guns. Both are after El Indio, a murderous bandit freed from prison by his gang, who carries a musical pocket watch and is haunted by a woman he assaulted years ago. Indio plans to rob the bank of El Paso, which hides its money in a disguised safe. After sizing each other up with a hat-shooting contest, the two hunters agree to split the reward. Monco joins Indio's gang from the inside, but the robbery goes ahead and the gang escapes to Agua Caliente with the safe. Mortimer talks his way into the gang too; when the two hunters are caught trying to steal the money, Indio has them beaten and then lets them escape, planning to set his men against them. It is the middle chapter of Leone's Dollars Trilogy, with Eastwood again as the unnamed gunman.
For a Few Dollars More ending explained
Mortimer kills Indio in a duel, avenging his sister. Monco and Mortimer pick off the gang in Agua Caliente. Indio disarms Mortimer and starts his watch chiming for a duel, but Monco steps in with a second, matching watch and gives Mortimer his gun back. When the music stops Mortimer shoots Indio. The watches reveal that the woman Indio raped, who killed herself, was Mortimer's sister. Mortimer leaves his share of the bounty to Monco, who loads the bodies onto a cart, recovers the bank money, and rides off.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More is streaming on fuboTV, Philo, MGM Plus, and YouTube (free) in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Repulsion, before The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
- Chronological order: after A Fistful of Dollars, before The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Manco
- Lee Van Cleef as Col. Douglas Mortimer
- Gian Maria Volonté as El Indio
- Mara Krupp as Mary
- Luigi Pistilli as Groggy, Member of Indio's Gang
- Klaus Kinski as Juan Wild - The Hunchback
- Luis Rodríguez as Manuel, Member of Indio's Gang
- Benito Stefanelli as Luke 'Hughie'
- Panos Papadopulos as Sancho Perez, Member of Indio's Gang
- Aldo Sambrell as Cuchillo
- Roberto Camardiel as Tucumcari Station Clerk
- Joseph Egger as Old Prophet
Directed by Sergio Leone.