''Per un pugno nell'occhio'' is a 1965

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film by

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starring the comic duo

Franco and Ciccio Franco () and Ciccio () were a comic comedy duo formed by Italian actors Franco Franchi (1928–1992) and Ciccio Ingrassia (1922–2003), particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Their collaboration began in 1954 in the theater field, and end ...

. It is a Spaghetti Western parody of ''

Fistful of Dollars ''A Fistful of Dollars'' ( it, Per un pugno di dollari, lit=For a Fistful of Dollars titled on-screen as ''Fistful of Dollars'') is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, al ...

'' and was also known as ''Fistful of Knuckles'' and ''For a Fist in the Eye''.

Plot

Fitting atmosphere in the

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, the film tells the story of Franco and Ciccio, two well-known arms dealers who come to a desolate village where peace reigns. Since the social situation is very quiet, the buddies start with cunning stratagems to get everyone against each other to unleash a veritable pandemonium and be able to make money.

Cast

* Franco Franchi as Franco * Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio * Paco Morán as Ramon Cocos *

Lina Rosales Lina Rosales (born 27 December 1928) is a Spanish retired film and television actress.Pérez p.317 Selected filmography * ''A Tale of Two Villages'' (1951) * ''Under the Sky of Spain'' (1953) * '' The Portico of Glory'' (1953) * ''Cursed Mountain ...

as Consuelo * Carmen Esbrí as Marisol *

Mónica Randall Mónica Randall (born 1942) is a Spanish film actress. Randall has made some 110 appearances in film and TV since 1963. She appeared in numerous Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s in films such as '' One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Ringo'' and ...

as Carmencita (as Aurora Julia)

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