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1	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/LeeVanCleef was happy to get the offer to appear in the film and expected it would be a supporting role with just a handful of scenes. When he finally received the script, he was, by all accounts, stunned to find out that he was being offered not only the film's co-lead, but the SupportingProtagonist. Van Cleef immediately said yes to the offer, accepting payment of a mere $17,000 (around $160,000 in 2022's money) for the role, although, to be fair, Creator/ClintEastwood only received $50,000, or around $470,000 in 2022's money for his role.
2	* BillingDisplacement: While it's somewhat subjective, as Creator/ClintEastwood and Creator/LeeVanCleef have similar amounts of screen time, it could be argued that Van Cleef, in other circumstances, would be billed above Eastwood. Van Cleef's character has a personal connection to El Indio in a HUGE way, opposed to Manco who is purely involved for the money. [[spoiler: Also, it's Col. Mortimer that has the final showdown with El Indio. Manco only assists in keeping it fair.]] We're also introduced to Col. Mortimer in the film first.
3	* CareerResurrection: Creator/LeeVanCleef hadn't worked in films since ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'', although he had worked fairly steadily in television. By this stage, he'd fallen on hard times due to his heavy drinking. The film effectively marked a resurgence in his career. [[note]] It is believed it also made him quit heavy drinking, although this was never confirmed. [[/note]] Van Cleef had taken up painting in the interim as a way of making money.
4	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
5	** Japan: ''Sunset Gunman''
6	** Greece: ''duel at el paso''
7	* DeletedScene: Several scenes were allegedly shot, but it is debatable if they were shown in any version of the film. Stills exist of all the sequences. They include:
8	** Manco looking at the reward poster for Red Cavanaugh, and later taking the poster of El Indio off a wall.
9	** When Indio has broken out of jail, he baptizes his gun.
10	** [[http://theeditroomfloor.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-lost-scene-from-for-few-dollars-more.html Manco beds the hotel manager's wife, Mary, in El Paso]].
11	** Manco shoots three of Indio's men by a river, transposed into a desert setting instead.
12	** In Agua Caliente, Indio and his gang relax with some women from the village.
13	** In 1967, the censor removed Indio's rape of Mortimer's sister and her suicide, but it has been restored for DVD and Blu-ray. Many of the action scenes were also trimmed for television versions, particularly Indio's escape from prison[[note]]The version most often shown on American cable in the '90s and '00s cut directly from Indio murdering his cellmate to his wanted poster being nailed in place, removing the lengthy shootout with the guards and his LaughingMad moment where he decides to leave a guard alive[[/note]] and the shootout in Agua Caliente.
14	** Early American and British VHS releases and TV broadcasts, as well as the Italian and German versions, feature an extended version of the scene where El Indio tortures Mortimer and Manco, including some new dialogue:
15	-->'''El Indio:''' ''[[SuddenlyShouting STOP IT!]]'' Niño, see that they're tied securely. Slim, keep an eye on them.\
16	'''Groggy:''' Why let them live?\
17	'''El Indio:''' All things at the right time.\
18	'''Groggy:''' What do you mean?
19	* HeyItsThatPlace: When Colonel Mortimer gets off the train in the beginning, look to the left. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_La_Calahorra La Calahorra Castle]] can be seen in the distance.
20	* HostilityOnTheSet: During filming, Creator/SergioLeone felt that Gian Maria Volontè was sometimes too theatrical as Indio and would often use many takes as a way of trying to tire the actor out. Volonte became so angry with Leone's methods that he eventually stormed off the set. Unable to get a ride across the desert he returned to resume filming but swore he would never make another western again, which he felt was a tired genre. In fact Volonte would make several Westerns after this, notably ''Film/ABulletForTheGeneral'' and ''Face to Face'', which incorporated political themes agreeable to Volonte.
21	* LoopingLines: As all of the film's footage was shot silent, Creator/ClintEastwood and Creator/LeeVanCleef dubbed their dialogue at New York City's Titra Studios, who handled the English dubbing for all three Dollars movies.
22	* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Although he did not know any English, Gian Maria Volontè did perform his own voice for the English language version. However, he did need a translator to tell him everything word-for-word, and a lot of his dialogue was ultimately redubbed by Bernard Grant, who had previously dubbed his voice in ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''.
23	* PlayingAgainstType: This, any several other spaghettis such as ''Sabata'', is one of the few times, besides, say, ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', that you'll ''ever'' see Creator/LeeVanCleef play a ''heroic'' character of any type.
24	* RealLifeRelative: Creator/SergioLeone's daughter Francesca plays [[spoiler:Tomaso's child, who is executed on Indio's orders]].
25	* ThrowItIn: In the shot where El Indio finally succumbs to his wounds, there's a large cloud of gnats visibly swarming around him. A complete coincidence, but one that works perfectly for the [[FliesEqualsEvil aura of unpleasant death]] surrounding his character.
26	* UnderageCasting: Col. Mortimer is said to be almost fifty, yet Creator/LeeVanCleef was forty at the time.
27	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/SergioLeone wanted either Creator/HenryFonda or Creator/LeeMarvin for Col. Douglas Mortimer. Fonda was ruled out as being too expensive and Marvin turned it down in favour of ''Film/CatBallou''. Creator/CharlesBronson turned it down feeling it was the same as the first film. Leone also considered Creator/RobertRyan, one of his favourite actors since ''Film/TheNakedSpur'', Creator/JamesCoburn and Creator/JackPalance. However, viewing the finished product, it seems that Creator/LeeVanCleef was born for the role.
28	* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The first bounty taken out in the film, Guy Calloway, looks nothing like the sketch on his wanted poster that Mortimer takes and uses to draw out Calloway.
29	* YouLookFamiliar:
30	** Creator/LeeVanCleef played the Bounty Hunter Colonel Douglas Mortimer, who worked as the protagonist's ally. [[Creator/LeeVanCleef Van Cleef]] later plays the villain Angel Eyes in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
31	** El Indio's actor, Gian Volonte, also played Ramon, the villain in ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''. It can be somewhat jarring if you watch the two movies back to back. It could have been worse: Volonte was originally supposed to play Tuco in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' as well, but Leone later decided he wanted an actor with a natural comical talent, and Volonte wanted to star in ''Film/ABulletForTheGeneral''.
32	** Also Creator/LuigiPistilli, who played Groggy in this film, played Tuco's brother Pablo in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
33	** Creator/MarioBrega as Nino, who played Chico in ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' and would go onto play [[SociopathicSoldier Corporal]] [[TortureTechnician Wallace]] in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
34	** The actor who played Guy Calloway in the film would later play Blondie/Manco's ill-fated scam partner Shorty Larson in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
35	** The bartender in Tucumcari would later play a similar bartender in a deleted scene of ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
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