Eastwood uses a Sharps 1874 rifle to sever Tuco’s hanging rope. Van Cleef also returned for this film, but as a different character: another assassin named Angel Eyes. This time, Eastwood’s character is referred to as “Blondie,” mostly by Eli Wallach’s extremely memorable bad guy, Tuco. With its distinctive score and lengthy stare-down sequences before gunfights, GBU became a classic, especially with heavy and repeated play on TV stations in the 1970s and 80s. photo from Įastwood returned for his last, and perhaps most famous film with Leone in 1966: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. photo from The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966) In perhaps the most famous of his spaghetti westerns, Eastwood carries a Colt 1851 Navy cartridge conversion revolver in GBU instead of his Colt SAA. photo from Įastwood also used a Volcanic Repeating Arms Company rifle in the sequel. For a Few Dollars More (1965) Eastwood returned with the same gun to play in his second Sergio Leone western as the Man With No Name, who is nicknamed Manco in Few Dollars. The design is based on the revolver grips his Rowdy Yates character had in Rawhide. It’s a flourish that remains constant through all three films, even though the revolver changes. The pistol had a case hardened frame and the infamous rattlesnake grips, which are dark red wood with a silver, coiled snake affixed to the exterior panel. In Fistful Eastwood carries a Colt Single Action Army revolver which he draws and shoots with remarkable speed and lethality. He’s pretty much a mercenary, seeing opportunities to make some cash by playing both sides of the conflict, creating a role that would span three back-to-back films for Eastwood, which are commonly referred to the Dollars Trilogy or the Man With No Name Trology. photo from Įastwood plays a stranger who enters a small Mexican town during a battle for control between two warring families. Eastwood’s Colt SAA had custom grips featuring a coiled silver snake.
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