Once Upon A Time In The West Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
4 of the most interesting Once Upon A Time In The West easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Once Upon A Time In The West movie message.
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
| Genre | Western |
| Director | Sergio Leone |
| Stars | Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson |
| IMDB score | 8.5 |
Once Upon A Time In The West Movie Trivia
The slow camera pan to reveal Frank's face after he massacres the McBain family was intentionally designed by Sergio Leone to shock the audience. Up until that point, audiences had never seen clean-cut good-guy actor Henry Fonda play a sadistic murderer
The original choice to play the three gunman in the opening scene were Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, the titular characters in Sergio Leone's previous movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...
Accuracy details in Once Upon A Time In The West
Jill McBain checks her pocket watch after arriving in Flagstone. The difference from the Station Time illustrates how far she travelled, but doesn't correspond to an hourly lapse because the setting of the movie predates the advent of Modern Standard Time.
