spaghetti western

spaghetti western
Nickname for a motion picture produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy and depicting a tale of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West.

"A Fistful of Dollars" and "Once Upon a Time in the West" are famous spaghetti westerns.

Syn: Italo-western

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