For a Few Extra Dollars

Per pochi dollari ancora
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Produced by Edmondo Amati, Maurizio Amati
Written by Massimiliano Capriccioli
Starring Giuliana Gemma as Montgomery Wood, Dan Vadis
Music by Gianni Ferrio
Cinematography Rafael Pacheco
Edited by Antonietta Zita
Release dates
 7 October 1966
Running time
 105 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

For a Few Extra Dollars, aka Fort Yuma Gold and Die Now, Pay Later (in original Italian: Per pochi dollari ancora), is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western war film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. Its stars Giuliano Gemma, Dan Vadis and Sophie Daumier. The film is set at Fort Yuma in Arizona and is also known as Fort Yuma Gold.

Plot

Diamond is tortured severely once he is found out to be a traitor

The film related the story of Southerner Major Sanders (Jacques Sernas), who continues fighting the North after the conclusion of the American Civil War. Former Rebel Gary Diamond (Giuliano Gemma), now a guide, leads a pair of Union soldiers to obstruct Sanders before he can pull off a raid on Fort Yuma. However the others are unaware that Diamond knows that one of the Union officers is actually Sanders' spy. More complications ensue, pairing Diamond with the aptly named saloon-girl Connie Breastful (Sophie Daumier). Later Diamond is found to be a traitor and is tortured severely before Sanders' plot is foiled.

Cast

The Leone connection

The finale

While the film is not a part of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy despite the name similarity, the film seems strongly to have been inspired by that series, for several of the film's actors, including José Calvo, Antonio Molino Rojo and Benito Stefanelli, had appeared in Leone's films. Stefanelli in particular had starred in all three of Leone's dollars films and had acted as a translator on set between the Italians and Clint Eastwood. Dan Vadis - who plays a major role as Riggs in this film - would go on to appear in Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter in 1973.

Gianni Ferrio collaborated with Leone's score composer Ennio Morricone to produce the score. The soundtrack combines many the sounds from The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Following the barn scene in which several men are killed, the emphatic Latin trumpets and Spanish guitar play together in one track, seeming to combine two familiar soundtracks from the other film together as one.

On release in the United States, several of the cast members and production team had their names changed for the English audience.

Releases

Original Italian promo poster with original title

Wild East released the film in the United States on a limited edition R0 NTSC with the title "Fort Yuma Gold" (see left). It is now out-of-print.

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