The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Directed by Sergio Leone
Three gunmen race one another across the Civil War Southwest toward a fortune in Confederate gold buried in a remote cemetery.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Stevens' farm≈ 00:10:00New MexicoInferred
Angel Eyes squeezes the alias 'Bill Carson' out of a former soldier, then kills him and later his own employer.
- 2Towns of the bounty scam≈ 00:20:00New MexicoInferred
Blondie turns Tuco in for the bounty and shoots through the noose, until he leaves Tuco stranded in the desert.
- 3Desert crossing≈ 00:55:00New MexicoInferred
Tuco marches Blondie across the desert until a runaway ambulance brings the dying Bill Carson, who tells of gold in Sad Hill Cemetery.
- 4Father Pablo Ramírez's mission (fictional)≈ 01:10:00InferredFictional
Blondie recovers at a mission where Tuco's brother is a priest.
- 5Betterville Union prison camp (fictional)≈ 01:30:00Stated on screenFictional
Captured in Confederate uniforms, they meet Angel Eyes posing as a Union sergeant; Tuco is beaten into giving up the cemetery's name.
- 6Shelled ghost town≈ 02:00:00New MexicoInferred
- 7Bridge fought over by Union and Confederate armies (fictional)≈ 02:20:00InferredFictional
- 8Sad Hill Cemetery (fictional)≈ 02:40:00Stated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 616 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 8
- Horse: 249 km
- Not shown: 194 km
- On foot: 102 km
- Train: 71 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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