The Spaghetti Western is an Italian based western that emerged within the mid-1960's. The teams that created these films were usually made up of people from Italian and Spanish descents. Additionally, in order to gain quick attraction, big stars such as The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly actor, Clint Eastwood, were cast. The major themes in these films deals with the Mexican Revolution and additionally were sometimes filmed in Mexico in order for the plot to be as realistic as possible. This differs from the Classic Western, mostly because the "other" in the Classic Western is usually of Indian decent, where as in the Spaghetti Western is either of Italian or Mexican heritage.
In The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly the plot is of a deserted "ghost-like" town during the Civil War. Clint Eastwood plays a strong alpha male who can take his already lit cigar and use it to light a cannon, causing an outburst of fighting, while he just takes the backseat. The rest of the cast is of Italian and Mexican decent, as shown by accents as well as facial hair. On a race to find the fortune, Blondie (the good), Angel Eyes (the bad), and Tuco (the ugly) search to find the gold hidden in a cemetery, to where they later have a Mexican standoff before drawing their guns.
In Navajo Joe, Burt Reynolds (another famous American actor in a Spaghetti Western), plays Joe, who is on a mission to find the other bandits that killed his group. This film, which was filmed in Spain, shows Joe reclaiming his dignity; after being put down by the towns people. Joe fights Duncan to the death although he had just been shot by a hidden gun that Duncan had on him. After this, Joe sends the horse he was using back to the town in order to prove to the towns folk, that he is not weak and all in all a truthful person. The staring actors in addition to the director and producer of this film, were mostly all either Italian or of Mexican nationality.
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