An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her
fortunes, whereafter an all-out murder spree ensues as relatives and
friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by
some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the
estate.
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a
third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Although extremely long (3 hours!) this final entry in the Dollar trilogy is arguably the best due to a fully coherent and interesting narrative, stylistic bravura, a splendid cast of three leads playing against each other and one of Morricone's most memorable scores.
Halliwell***: "Intermittently lively, very violent, and interminably drawn-out Western with a number of rather hilarious stylistic touches."
Maltin***1/2: "Third and best of Leone's "Dollar" trilogy...Long, funny, and flamboyant, with memorable Ennio Morricone score; the quintessential spaghetti Western."
