Once Upon a Time in the West

Genre: Western

Worldwide gross$5.4M

Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by whom? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica, a man already on a quest to get even.

🏆 6 wins & 5 nominations total

Genres

Drama, Western

Director

Sergio Leone

Cast

Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale

Released

4 July 1969

Runtime

2h 25m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

8.5 / 10

Votes

383,734

Metascore

82

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Box office

$5,321,508

Budget

$5,000,000

Edition

Base