The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (, ) is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in their respective title roles. Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone (with additional screenplay material and dialogue provided by an uncredited Sergio Donati), based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography, and Ennio Morricone composed the film's score including its main theme.
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys "slow, gross, heavy-handed, neither funny nor sweetly sad." Gary Arnold of "The Washington Post" wrote, "Burt Kennedy's direction of this hokum is lively and likeable, but I'd prefer an older sort of hokum: Western melodrama with comic interludes or undercurrents, like 'Ride the High Country' and 'True Grit' at its infrequent best and William Wyler's 'The Westerner,' rather than deliberate, gratuitous spoofing." The Good Guys and the Bad Guys The Good Guys and the Bad Guys is a 1969 American western film directed by Burt Kennedy. It stars Robert Mitchum and George Kennedy. Jim Flagg is the marshal in the