Clint Eastwood in the 1960s already becoming very popular in France, labelled as the "new Gary Cooper". In Paris, he met Pierre Rissient and had an affair with actress Catherine Deneuve. Two months later Eastwood began working on "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", the final film of the Dollars trilogy, in which he again played the mysterious Man With No Name character. Lee Van Cleef was brought in again to play a ruthless fortune seeker, while Eli Wallach, a character actor noted for his appearance in "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), was hired to play the cunning Mexican bandit "Tuco", although the role was
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (theme) Hi-Fi". The song was also covered by The Pogues for the soundtrack of the parodic western "Straight to Hell". The American punk rock group Ramones were known to play a recording of this song at the beginning of their concerts, while at the end of their shows, a snippet of "The Ecstasy of Gold" was played; the band Green Day also uses the main theme for the start of concerts. The Vandals use the opening motif and short guitar arpeggio on "I Want to Be a Cowboy". The song is also featured in the video game, "Maestro! Jump in Music".