For a Few Dollars More 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		0.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.5

For a Few Dollars More 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman June 2, 2025

By the time For a Few Dollars More hit American movie houses in 1967, it followed rather quickly in the wake of A Fistful of Dollars, a film which had suffered a relatively late release in the United States due to a perceived need to avoid any sticky legal issues since that first film in the Dollars Trilogy obviously borrowed so liberally from Akira Kurosawa. Kind of interestingly in that regard, then, Tim Lucas' commentary in particular on this release gets into some of the legal wrangling For a Few Dollars More itself may have engaged in, once Sergio Leone decided not to pursue a sequel with his original producers and instead forged a new partnership with Alberto Grimaldi. As Lucas gets into, that may be one reason why the character Clint Eastwood plays in For a Few Dollars More is ostensibly not the same guy from A Fistful of Dollars, despite obvious (and no doubt intentional) similarities. This sophomore effort in Leone's triptych of wild west mayhem has, like its "siblings", had a number of releases in Region A (see below), but Arrow is providing fans new editions of all three in both 1080 and 4K UHD formats in Region B.

Those interested can peruse both Casey Broadwater's The Man with No Name Trilogy Blu-ray review and Svet Atanasov's For a Few Dollars More 4K Blu-ray review for plot recaps (should any be needed), lists of supplements, and reactions to technical presentations.

For a Few Dollars More 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Note: While this is a standalone 4K release without a 1080 presentation of the main feature, I am offering screenshots from Arrow's standalone 1080 release as I think it actually provides a better representation of the look of the palette in particular, rather than offering screenshots from the 4K disc which are by necessity downscaled to 1080 and in SDR. Because this release does not include a 1080 presentation of the film (the 1080 disc included is bonus features only), the 2K video score above has been intentionally left blank.

For a Few Dollars More is presented in 4K UHD courtesy of Arrow Video with an HEVC / H.265 encoded 2160p transfer in 2.35:1. Arrow's insert booklet has the following information about the presentation:

For a Few Dollars More (Per quaiche dollaro in piu) has been exclusively restored by Arrow Films and is presented in its original aspect ratio for 2.35:1. The soundtrack is presented in restored English mono, as well as remixed Enclish 5.1 audio.

The original 35mm 2-perf Techniscope camera negative was scanned and restored in 4K / 16-bit resolution at L'Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna. The film was further restored and colour graded in SDR, HDR10 and Dolby Vision at Silver Salt Restoration, London.

The original film and audio materials sourced for this new restoration were made available from Produzioni Europee Associati (P.E.A.). Materials were delivered by the Cineteca di Bologna and L'Immagine Ritrovata, Bolgna.

Additional English picture and audio materials were made available from Amazon / MGM Studios.

Other reference materials were kindly provided by Jordan Krug.

Principal audio restoration on the original mono tracks was completed by Bad Princess Productions. Additional 5.1 audio restoration work was completed by Þorsteinn Gislason.

Kino Lorber's 4K release of this film for Region A didn't seem to engender the same opprobrium that some of their 1080 Leone releases in particular did, but that said and with an understanding that tastes of course vary, I found the color timing of Arrow's 4K presentation to be more consistently pleasing than the KL release. It's especially noticeable with regard to some primaries, especially blues, which I found to be slightly tilted toward the green side of things, at least at times, in the KL version (while Svet's screenshots are downscaled and in SDR and are therefore not really accurate in terms of palette, a cursory comparison of his screenshots and the ones in this review and my 1080 review of Arrow's releases can show some noticeable variances). There are admittedly some noticeable ebbs and flows in warmth, densities and even clarity at times in the presentation here, but my sense is many and maybe in fact most of these passing anomalies are source based. Kind of interestingly, at various point the Arrow release can look either slightly brighter or darker than KL release, but there's absolutely none of the digital appearance that tended to mar the very early (and probably overly brightened) MGM 1080 release. Dolby Vision / HDR grant some really lustrous highlights, observable from the get go with the intense red- orange that opens the film. Grain can be very heavy (as in the optically printed opening, which also has some observable damage), but resolves organically throughout.

For a Few Dollars More 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

For a Few Dollars More features DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and two DTS-HD Master Audio Mono options. The Audio Setup menu has the following rather interesting information:

Due to inherent issues with the original sound elements, we have included two version of the original mono mix. The first preserves high frequency detail but features some peaking in louder portions of the soundtrack, which was also present in the original elements. The second uses 'Academy Curve roll-off' to minimise the distortion, but at the expense of some of the high frequencies. Both mono mixes are otherwise identical.

Sound geeks like yours truly will have a field day (as I did) toggling between the mono tracks in particular to hear some of the differences, but the good news is despite the variances, there are really no major issues to confront, other than, as noted above, maybe some very slight clipping when Morricone's cues in particular go into overdrive. The surround track ably opens up both the scoring but also the glut of ambient environmental effects. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout, though of course sync as they say can be loose, which may be an understatement. Optional English subtitles are available.

For a Few Dollars More 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

4K UHD Disc

• Commentaries

Commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling




Commentary by Tim Lucas

• Original Italian Credits & Intermission (HD; 7:15)


• Trailer Gallery

International Trailer 1 (HD; 3:44)




International Trailer 2 (HD; 2:31)




German Theatrical Trailer (HD; 3:35)




German Re-release Trailer (HD; 4:16)




US Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:34)




UK Teaser Trailer (HD; 1:04)




US Radio Spots (HD; 5:10) play to key art.




US Double Bill Trailer (HD; 2:06)




US Double Bill TV Spots (HD; 1:23)




US Double Bill Radio Spots (HD; 2:21) play to key art.

1080 Disc

• A Violent Tale of Vengeance (HD; 15:05) is a 2024 interview with film historian Fabio Melelli. Subtitled in English.


• No One Shoots at the Colonel (HD; 12:12) is a 2024 interview with Lee Van Cleef biographer Mike Malloy.


• Crafting the West (HD; 16:41) is a 2024 interview with Giuditta Simi, daughter of set and costume designer Carlo Simi. Subtitled in English.


• Cuts and Rhythm (HD; 18:15) is a 2024 interview with editor Eugenio Alabiso. Subtitled in English.


• Western Strings (HD; 6:41) is a 2024 interview with guitarist and composer Bruno Battisti D'Amario. Subtitled in English.


• Timeless Voice (HD; 14:03) is a 2024 interview with vocalist Edda Dell'Orso. Subtitled in English.


• For a Few Notes More (HD; 14:46) is a 2024 interview with Ennio Morricone biographer Alessandro De Rosa. Subtitled in English.


• For Ennio's Dollar Score (HD; 27:30) is a 2024 visual essay by music historian Lovely Jon. Regular readers of my reviews may know of my fondness for multichannel audio, and in that regard, while not lossless, some listeners may really enjoy UK SACD label Dutton Vocalion's release of Hugo Montenegro's fantastic album of Morricone themes, which features an impressive surround mix that shows what an innovative arranger and orchestrator Montenegro was (he was also at the forefront of both quadraphonic and synthesized music).


• Large Door Interview with Sergio Leone (HD; 1:05:38) is from 1983 and is seen here in its totality for the first time. Subtitled in English.


• On Location in Almeria and Granada (HD; 14:02) is an archival piece by Alex Cox.


• MGM Archive Extras

The Frayling Archives (HD; 19:03) is a 2010 tour through Frayling's vast memorabilia collection.




A New Standard (HD; 20:16) features Frayling in 2005.




Back for More (HD; 7:08) is an archival 2005 interview with Clint Eastwood.




Tre Voci (Three Voices) (HD; 11:05) is an archival piece from 2005 featuring Alberto Grimaldi, Sergio Donati and Mickey Knox.




The Original American Release Version (HD; 5:18) is a 2005 featurette documenting how United Artists rejiggered the film for American audiences.




Restoration Italian Style (HD; 4:59) may provide a few unintended laughs with its archival assessment of MGM's restoration for DVD.




Location Comparisons 1965 - 2004 (HD; 12:23)




• Alternate Credit Sequences

Alternate English Opening (HD; 1:04)




Alternate German Credits (HD; 3:03)




Alternate Spanish Credits (HD; 3:56)

• Image Galleries

For a Few Pictures More (HD; 7:35)




Color Stills (HD; 6:02)




On the Set (HD; 6:39)




Promoting For a Few Dollars More (HD; 18:35)

This is another beautifully packaged effort from Arrow, with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella, art which is duplicated on an included double sided fold out poster. A perfect bound collector's booklet features a number of great essays by Glenn Kenny, Priscilla Page, Ariel Schudson and Amy Taylor. Everything is housed in a really handsome slipbox which is itself enclosed in an O ring.

For a Few Dollars More 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

There's very little if any "sophomore slump" with this second Leone / Eastwood outing, and Arrow has done the film's fans proud with another nice release offering solid technical merits and an enjoyable array of supplements, all packaged very handsomely. Highly recommended.