With the two preceding films in his “Dollars” trilogy having unleashed a boom in Euro Western productions, Sergio Leone knew that his concluding chapter would have to top them all. Armed with his largest budget yet, Leone created what is, for many, the final word on the subject – a violent, picaresque epic presented with operatic scope and intensity, with Clint Eastwood donning the iconic hat and poncho one last time.

A partnership between two scoundrels, Blondie … mehr(Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) goes awry, only for fate to intervene in the form of information about a cache of stolen Confederate gold buried in a graveyard. Each possessing a different clue to its location, the pair are forced into a distrustful partnership. However, the gold is also sought by Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless mercenary with his own twisted code of honour. Thus begins a desperate pursuit amidst the mass destruction and absurdity of the American Civil War, culminating in an iconic three-way standoff inside the graveyard.

Unlike the 2017 Blu-ray, the theatrical version on this release is the true theatrical version which features the 2017 4K restoration with 2021 shot-by-shot color grading plus a 4K scan of a 1967 IB tech print as a secondary source to restore the theatrical cut as originally intended and features newly restored original 2.0 mono audio.

Extras:
Comes with a reversible cover.

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)
* The Film
Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas (2017)
Deleted Scenes (17:58) [2160p/SDR]
Extended Scenes (7:29) [2160p/SDR]
Alternate Transitions (0:58) [2160p/SDR]

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas (2017)
"Leone's West" 2004 featurette (19:56) [480i]
"Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone & The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, Part 1" 2004 featurette (7:49) [480i]
"Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone & The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, Part 2" 2004 featurette (12:28)
"The Leone Style" 2004 featurette (23:49) [480i]
"The Man Who Lost the Civil War" featurette (14:23) [480i]
"Reconstructing The Good, the Bad & the Ugly" 2004 featurette (11:10) [480i]
Deleted Scenes:
- Extended Scene 1: Extended Tuco Torture scene (7:15)
- Extended Scene 2: The Socorro Sequence - A Reconstruction (3:02) [480i]
- Deleted Scene 1: Skeletons in the Desert (1:04)
- Deleted Scene 2: Extended Torture Scene (1:04)
Vignettes: [480i]
- Uno, Due, Tre (0:41)
- Italian Lunch (0:44)
- New York Accent (0:10)
- Gun in Holster (1:00)
"The Optical Flip" alternate scene (0:55)
Trailer with commentary by Ernest Dickerson from "Trailers From Hell" (3:25)
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on the Set" image gallery (8:13)
"Promoting The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" image gallery (9:06)
Theatrical Trailers:
- Original Theatrical Trailer (3:23)
- Original German Theatrical Trailer (3:28)
- Original French Theatrical Trailer (3:31) [480i]
Radio Spot (0:35)
Bonus Trailers:
- "A Fistful of Dollars" (2:26) [1080i/60]
- "For a Few Dollars More" Trailer 1 (2:30)
- "For a Few Dollars More" Trailer 2 (3:50) [480i]
- "A Fistful of Dollars" / "For a Few Dollars More" Burning at Both Ends Trailer (2:04) [480i]
- "A Fistful of Dollars" / "For a Few Dollars More" Burning at Both Ends Radio Spot (1:02) weniger