Once Upon a Time in the West poster

Once Upon a Time in the West

There were three men in her life. One to take her… one to love her —and one to kill her.

8.3(5,090)19682h 46m20

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$5.4M
Language
English
  • small town
  • loss of loved one
  • harmonica
  • wedding party
  • spaghetti western
  • arizona territory
  • intercontintental railroad
  • outlaw gang
  • water pump
  • mysterious character
  • boom town
  • railroad company

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Sergio Leone

Produced in

Italy, United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical24 Sept 1969
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York City, New York28 May 1969
    • PremiereBismarck, North Dakota2 Jul 1969
    • TheatricalPG-134 Jul 1969
    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival18 Oct 2008
    • PremiereTribeca Film Festival30 Oct 2008
  • United KingdomGB

    • Premiere12London14 Aug 1969
    • Theatrical1231 Aug 1969
    • Theatrical12Re-release14 Apr 2000
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalDVD6 Oct 2003
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM12 Feb 1970
    • PremiereAdelaide International Film Festival2 Mar 2003
  • CanadaCA

    • PhysicalDVD12 Sept 2017
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical29 Aug 1969
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)16Gent4 Jun 1971
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1410 Aug 1969
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival16 Apr 2018
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical13 May 2002
    • Theatrical15+21 Mar 2013
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical155 Jan 1970

Frequently asked questions

Once Upon a Time in the West was released on 21 December 1968.

Audience reviews

9
  • A

    Andres Gomez

    10/28/2012

    10/10

    All what you can expect from a western.

  • P

    Peter McGinn

    4/4/2020

    10/10

    With apologies (not really) to fans who disagree, this is truly a classic western. I read a criticism that some scenes run long with agonizingly lengthy close-ups, but I found the cinematography intriguing. Those shots divulge nearly as much into the characters' personalities as a wad of dialogue from older traditional westerns. Sometimes in a spaghetti western I find myself thinking, aw, why did that innocent pe…

  • B

    badelf

    7/17/2022

    9/10

    I can't say that this script doesn't play on Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" (which Sergio Leone also directed), but it's not important. If you're a spaghetti western fan, this film is a step up. The idea of putting Fonda in a bad guy role, and casting Bronson as anti-hero was a little shocking at first. At the end, I see how it worked to film's advantage by making all the characters more complex, ambiguous and r…

  • D

    drystyx

    4/18/2023

    1/10

    The worst of the worst Leone Westerns. Leone destroyed the Westerns with his garbage, but the blame goes on to the critics who praised his lack of motivation, lack of inspiration, lack of credibility, lack of entertainment value, lack of strategy, just a total lack. This is the worst of his stupid Westerns. It's the most contrived of his contrived Westerns. It's another "classical Greek hero" story of gods, demigo…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    6/22/2023

    8/10

    **One of the great western movies.** Western movies made in co-production by Italians and Americans (called "spaghetti-western") have been considered among the best that emerged within their genre, cleverly combining the tough action of Wild West gunslingers with the taste for raw realism and detail of the Italian filmmakers. I believe that such a thing may displease North Americans, who consider the cowboy a figu…

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