Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Westerns is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. Originally they had in common the Italian language, low budgets, and a recognizable highly fluid, violent, minimalist cinematography that eschewed (some said "demythologized") many of the conventions of earlier Westerns - partly intentionally, partly as a result of the work being done in a different cultural background and with limited funds. The term was originally used disparagingly, but by the 1980s many of these films came to be held in high regard.

Actors/Actresses

• Charles Bronson
• Claudia Cardinale
• Lee van Cleef
• Clint Eastwood
• Henry Fonda
• Sancho Gracia
• Terence Hill
• Klaus Kinski
• Guy Madison
• Gordon Mitchell
• Franco Nero
• Jack Palance
• Richard Harrison
• Fernando Sancho
• Bud Spencer
• Eli Wallach