The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Director: Sergio Leone | Genre: Western

Released: 1966 | Runtime: 178 min


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.


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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Quotes

  • Tuco : There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend: Those with a rope around the neck, and the people who have the job of doing the cutting.
  • Blondie : It's not a joke, it's a rope, Tuco. Now I want you to get up there and put your head in that noose.
  • Tuco : I would like to piss, it's rough. I've been shaking up in this train nearly ten hours now.
    Cpl. Wallace : You smell like a pig already. Let's try not to make things any worse.
  • Blondie : You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
  • Blondie : You may run the risks, my friend, but I do the cutting. We cut down my percentage - uh, cigar? - liable to interfere with my aim.
    Tuco : But if you miss you had better miss very well. Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco. Nothing! [ Chuckles, bites cigar ]
  • Tuco : Hurrah! Hurrah for the Confederacy! HURRAH! Down with General Grant! Hurrah for General... What's his name? Lee! LEE! Ha ha. God is with us because he hates the Yanks too. HURRAH!
    Blondie : [ spits ] God is not on our side because he hates idiots also. [ the commander of the cavalry patrol they've met reveals his blue uniform ]
  • [ surveying some Civil War carnage ]
    Blondie : I've never seen so many men wasted so badly.
  • Blondie : Two hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. We're gonna have to earn it.
  • Baker : Here, this is for you. You did a good job for me. [ hands over a purse ]
    Angel Eyes : Oh I almost forgot. He payed me a thousand. I think his idea was that I kill you. [ they both laugh ]
    Angel Eyes : But you know the pity is when I'm paid, I always follow my job through. You know that.
    Baker : Noo! Angel Eyes! [ he is shot through a pillow ]
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