In 1925, on this very date, Lee Van Cleef was born in Somervillve, New Jersey. In honor of what would have been Lee Van Cleef’s 100th birthday, here he is with Klaus Kinski and Clint Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More.
There’s not a lot of dialogue in this scene but when you had actors like Eastwood, Kinski, and Lee Van Cleef, you didn’t need a lot of dialogue to make an impression.
Through the Shattered Lens 
Was just thinking about this scene, but mainly through the callback scene later. Lee Van Cleef is eating his dinner (sitting in the corner, as gunfighters do) and Klaus Kinski walks up on him and invites him “for a smoke”. Van Cleef doesn’t even look up, replies, “I don’t smoke when I’m eating, come back in 10 minutes.” Wow, powerful moment.
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