Once Upon a Time in the West
“There were three men in her life. One to take her… one to love her —and one to kill her.”
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Genres
Drama, Western
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
it
Status
Released
How Once Upon a Time in the West performed
Budget
$5.0M
Worldwide Gross
$5.4M
Gross Profit
$380,118
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$775K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jill
Claudia Cardinale
Jill
Frank
Henry Fonda
Frank
'Cheyenne'
Jason Robards
'Cheyenne'
'Harmonica'
Charles Bronson
'Harmonica'
Morton
Gabriele Ferzetti
Morton
Sam
Paolo Stoppa
Sam
Frank's Gunman
Woody Strode
Frank's Gunman
Frank's Gunman
Jack Elam
Frank's Gunman
Sheriff
Keenan Wynn
Sheriff
Brett McBain
Frank Wolff
Brett McBain
Innkeeper
Lionel Stander
Innkeeper
Frank's Gunman (uncredited)
Frank Braña
Frank's Gunman (uncredited)
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