The Clint Eastwood Collection : A fistful of dollars ; For a few dollars more ; The good, the bad and the ugly ; Hang'em high (videorecording).
(DVD) 

Clint Eastwood.

A fistful of dollars : An anonymous, but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain. Leone's new style of portraying Colonial America in a realistic style rather than the romanticised way that was characteristic of John Wayne and his contemporaries revolutionized the genre. Leone shows transplanting old Samurai legends into the Wild West works. The nascent Leone visual style evolves here, with the close-up style and contrast of close-ups and long shots appearing. This alone sets it apart from previous films, westerns and non-westerns alike, and still provides for great visual treats that one can appreciate today. The plot is indescribably simple, as Clint Eastwood simply wanders into a town where gang warfare has stripped the economy to the point where only the local undertaker makes a profit and turns the two warring families against one another. Sergio Leone's best-known trademark, his dynamic use of widescreen ratios, comes to the fore here as Clint shares a film frame with no less than four of his enemies, all of whom have plenty to say to him and vice versa. This is one film where a pan and scan transfer is purely and simply vandalism. Some of the dialogue that is included here absolutely takes the cake for cleverness and wit, such as the mysterious Joe asking four gunslingers to apologise to a horse.

For a few dollars more : The man with no name is back, he is waiting, a walking arsenal who uncoils, strikes and kills. Leone's Western drama in which two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader is suspense-filled and action-packed sequel to 'A fistful of dollars'.

The good, the bad and the ugly : By far the most ambitious, unflinchingly graphic and stylistically influential western ever mounted. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is an engrossing actioner shot through with a volatile mix of myth and realism. Clint Eastwood returns as the "Man With No Name," this time teaming with two gunslingers to pursue a cache of money and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way.

Hang 'em high : Jed Cooper is mistaken for a criminal and is unjustly hung by the ruthless Captain Wilson and his nine-man gang, who leave him for dead. Cooper escapes the lynching and sets out on a deadly rampage of revenge against his persecutors.

In English.