{"id":97496,"date":"2024-06-10T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97496"},"modified":"2024-06-14T23:24:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T06:24:38","slug":"once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97496","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;People scare better when they&#8217;re dyin&#8217;.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Poster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Poster2-210x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-97499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Poster2-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Poster2-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Poster2-189x270.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Poster2.png 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nShortly after a harmonica-playing stranger (Charles Bronson) rides into in a western town seeking a man in black (Henry Fonda) who has just slaughtered a farming patriarch (Frank Wolff) and his children, Wolff&#8217;s newly widowed wife (Claudia Cardinale) arrives and is told that a man named Cheyenne (Jason Robards) was responsible for her husband&#8217;s death; however, she soon learns that Fonda has been ordered by his boss &#8212; a disabled railroad baron (Gabriele Ferzetti) &#8212; to do what it takes to earn control over her newly acquired land, and she becomes caught up in a deadly web of greed, lust, and revenge.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Bronson Films<\/li>\n<li>Claudia Cardinale Films<\/li>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Henry Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>Jason Robards Films<\/li>\n<li>Keenan Wynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Sergio Leone Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<li>Woody Strode Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary is an enormous fan of this &#8220;baroque epic western,&#8221; which he refers to as &#8220;Sergio Leone&#8217;s masterpiece&#8221; &#8212; indeed, he names it Best Picture of the Year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em> and discusses it at length in his first <em>Cult Movies<\/em> book. He argues that this movie &#8212; co-scripted by Leone, Dario Argento, and Bernardo Bertolucci &#8212; is Leone&#8217;s &#8220;most pessimistic film,&#8221; given that &#8220;its end signals the death of his &#8216;ancient race&#8217; of superwarriors (first seen in his Clint Eastwood &#8216;Dollars&#8217; films) and the moment when there is no more resistance to advancing civilization.&#8221; This is &#8220;represented by laying down of railroad tracks, the building of a town, and a whore (Claudia Cardinale) becoming a lady, a businesswoman, a maker of coffee, [and] a bearer of water&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bearing-Water.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; all of which means that &#8220;in the new matriarchal West, money will be more important than the gun and super-gunfighters will be passe, part of the Western folklore.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In <em>Cult Movies<\/em>, Peary elaborates his thoughts on how this &#8220;mythological progression&#8221; came to be across Leone&#8217;s westerns, writing: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93448\"><em>A Fistful of Dollars<\/em><\/a>, civilization doesn&#8217;t exist; in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95439\"><em>For a Few Dollars More<\/em><\/a>, it serves as a background. In <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96354\"><em>The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly<\/em><\/a>, the mythological and historical worlds overlap, but &#8216;The Man With No Name&#8217; is still able to literally send history\/the Civil War elsewhere by blowing up a strategic bridge so he can carry on his own greedy activities. But Bronson&#8217;s &#8216;The Man&#8217; is forced to move elsewhere when he realizes that post-Civil War civilization&#8230; cannot be denied. He won&#8217;t even try to fit into the civilized West as Frank [Fonda] did before realizing the futility of it.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Back to <em>GFTFF<\/em>, Peary notes that &#8220;in an incredible scene that recalls the family massacre in John Ford&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72009\"><em>The Searchers<\/em><\/a>&#8221; Fonda&#8217;s Frank (he &#8220;finally got to play a villain!&#8221;) &#8220;wipes out Brett McBain (Frank Wolff) and his children&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-in-the-West-Wolff-Rope.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death-1024x426.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death-1024x426.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death-604x251.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Family-Death.png 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Boy.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; simply so that his boss &#8220;can use McBain&#8217;s land for a railroad station&#8221; &#8212; a crucial driver of the narrative, with ongoing impacts for everyone involved. Meanwhile, Frank&#8217;s sadistic past comes back to haunt him, as we gradually learn why Bronson is so insistent on capturing and killing him. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-Bridge.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary posits (and I agree) that the &#8220;film is incredibly ambitious, splendidly cast, beautifully shot (no one uses a wide screen better than Leone)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Love-Triangle.png 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;hilarious, erotic, psychologically compelling, and wonderfully scored by Ennio Morricone;&#8221; as Peary notes, Morricone&#8217;s score &#8220;shifts easily from dramatic to ethereal to ironic to comical,&#8221; offering &#8220;haunting melodies, musical motifs, theme songs, and choral numbers that comment on the action, add humor, and help move the story forward.&#8221; He points out that &#8220;among the many highlights are the lengthy, humorous title sequence in which three villains&#8221; (Jack Elam, Woody Strode, and Al Mulock*) &#8220;await The Man&#8217;s arrival by train (only to be killed by him)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Three-Men-Waiting2.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Frank&#8217;s seduction of Jill&#8221; <em>(I&#8217;m not a fan of this sequence; she&#8217;s clearly terrified and simply doing what she needs to do, as she always has, to survive &#8212; though it is creatively filmed)<\/em>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-Seduction.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;the elaborately staged gunfight between Frank and The Man (how splendidly Leone uses space and close-ups)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-Closeup.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Wide-Landscape-1.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;the final scene between Cheyenne and The Man&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne-Dying.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;and seeing The Man ride off into mythology at the end of the picture.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Final-Ride.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In bit parts, watch for Keenan Wynn as the Sheriff of Flagstone: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Keenan-Wynn.png 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Lionel Stander as a barman. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Stander.png 1304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Note:<\/strong> Mulock &#8212; a Canadian character actor who trained with Lee Strasberg &#8212; committed suicide by jumping out of his hotel window right after filming his scene for this movie; <a href=\"https:\/\/westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/the-tragic-end-of-actor-alfred-mulock.html\">according to one source, he was purportedly depressed and drug-addicted and couldn&#8217;t find a fix<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2-604x250.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Mulock2.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Wolff_(actor)\">Wolff also committed suicide the following year<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Henry Fonda as Frank<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-1024x425.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda-604x251.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fonda.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Claudia Cardinale as Jill<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cardinale.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jason Robards as Cheyenne<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Cheyenne3.png 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Bronson as &#8216;Harmonica&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Bronson.png 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gabriele Ferzetti as Morton<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ferzetti.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tonino Delli Colli&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-West-Framing.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Fuzzy.png 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent use of location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Monument-Valley.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Puebla-Village.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many memorable faces, shots, and moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly-604x249.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Elam-Fly.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Ticket-Seller.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Walking.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Water2.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent management of scores of extras<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-97551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Once-Upon-a-Time-Extras2.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ennio Morricone&#8217;s score <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a deserved classic of the genre. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0064116\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3494west.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/4703\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/4751\/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west#articles-reviews?articleId=12473\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;People scare better when they&#8217;re dyin&#8217;.&#8221; Synopsis: Shortly after a harmonica-playing stranger (Charles Bronson) rides into in a western town seeking a man in black (Henry Fonda) who has just slaughtered a farming patriarch (Frank Wolff) and his children, Wolff&#8217;s newly widowed wife (Claudia Cardinale) arrives and is told that a man named Cheyenne (Jason Robards) was responsible for her husband&#8217;s death; however, she soon learns that Fonda has been ordered by his boss &#8212; a disabled railroad baron (Gabriele&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97496\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read 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