Europeans always loved westerns, but by the early 1960's, distribution problems made them hard to obtain. Between 1964 and 1975, nearly 600 westerns were made by European producers. Since most of the money for these films came from Italian companies, the term Spaghetti Western was used as a derisive term by critics who felt the films were nothing more than sadistic sideshows. The term is now used to describe any western made and financed primarily by European production companies.
There are video tape versions and also a Japanese Import LD of one of the greatest spaghetti westerns ever made, My Name is Nobody, starring Henry Fonda as an aging gunfighter with a legendary reputation and a price on his head. All he wants to do is get out of the country so that he can live the rest of his life in peace. But a character named Nobody--an incredible and charismatic Terence Hill--won't let Fonds go until he has his defining moment of glory--a showdown with the 150 member "wild bunch."