General Editor's Preface * Acknowledgments * Preface * Prologue: The European Western: Sutter and His Gold * Part I: The Context * Spaghettis and Society * The Studio * Karl May and the Noble Savage * Part II: The Critics * The 'Cultural Roots' Controversy* Part III: The Films * Sergio Leone's Films--The sources * The 'Dollars' Trilogy--Decors and Details * The 'Dollars' Trilogy--Analysis * Once Upon a Time in the West * Spaghettis and Politics * Epilogue: Spaghettis in the Looking-Glass * Appendix 1: Critical Filmography * Appendix 2: The Cut Sequences in Leone's Westerns * Appendix 3: The Impact of Spaghettis on the American Western * Appendix 4: Box Office Receipts of A Fistful of Dollars in Italy * Appendix 5: Umberto Eco's Model of the Superman Formula * Select Bibliography * Index of Names * Index of Film Titles.