Blog Review: Once Upon a time in America

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad in this long frontier epic. Mysterious pasts and the strength of loyalties is explored amid lightning fast gun battles and stylish vistas.

Summary written by Keith Loh {loh@sfu.ca}

This movie stars Henry Fonda as Frank, a gunslinger hired by the powerful owner of a railroad conglomerate to kill anyone who derails the project. But Frank contends with the wrong person when he murders Brett (Frank Wolff), a landowner. After his death, Brett's wife (Claudia Cardinale) demands revenge, hiring 2 renegades (Charles Bronson & Jason Robards) to go after Frank. 2hrs. 45min. 1968

A fun way to spend 3 hours, but you'd have thought Mr. Leone could have spent a little more time on the script and storyline than he spent on how a fly would walk around someone's face for (literally) 5 minutes.

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