As I said the other day, I was about 30 minutes into For a Few Dollars More.

Well now I’ve finished it.

Wow.

I loved it even more than A Fistful of Dollars.

It had a bigger scale, and featured the excellent Lee Van Cleef.

The man with no name and Van Cleef are both competing Bounty Hunters, both in search of a villainous gang leader with a big price on his head.

After an excellent display of skill between the two of them in the dead of night, they decide to join forces to get their hands on the gang leader and the other members — all with varying prices on their heads.

What follows is an unfolding story that keeps its secret right till the end — right before one of the best film endings I’ve ever experienced.

The ending isn’t huge and flashy. But the way it reveals its secret, followed by the music cue as a showdown begins, is just incredible.

It elevated the already enjoyable film into one that instantly became one of my favourites.

Now at the time of writing I am 30 minutes into The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. I have more memories of this one than the previous two, but I’m looking forward to the rest of it with my new-found appreciation for the western genre.