The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (
Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo) is a
1966 spaghetti Western film directed by
Sergio Leone and starring
Clint Eastwood (the Good),
Lee van Cleef (the Bad), and
Eli Wallach (the Ugly). The film is set in the tail end of the
American Civil War and details a race to capture some buried gold. It is perhaps best known for its sparse soundtrack, created by
Ennio Morricone.
The film is often considered to be part of a trilogy with Leone's earlier films A Fistful of Dollars[?] and For a Few Dollars More[?].