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Italian filmmaker (1929–1989)

Also known as: Bob Robertson, Серджо Леоне, سرجيو ليون, 세르조 레오네, セルジオ・レオーネ, 塞吉歐·李昂尼

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His Westerns such as Hombre and Valdez Is Coming feature taciturn antiheroes, moral ambiguity and laconic tension. (AI reason)
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True Grit is a revenge Western blending grit and wry humor with memorable rogues. (AI reason)
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The Shootist portrays an aging gunfighter facing the end of the Old West with melancholy. (AI reason)
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