Robert C. Cumbow has published articles and reviews on film, drama, art, and music. He is the author of Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter (Scarecrow, 2000).

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Part 1. Introduction Chapter 3 1. "The Key to Your Clock" Part 4 Part 2. The Films Chapter 5 2. "A Sergio Leone Film" - From Sandals to Six-Shooters Chapter 6 3. "Me Right in the Middle" - A Fistful of Dollars Chapter 7 4. "I Can See That It Means a Lot to You" - For a Few Dollars More Chapter 8 5. "Two Kinds of People in the World" - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Chapter 9 6. "A Nice, Quiet Country Life" - Once Upon a Time in the West Chapter 10 7. "All I Want Is the Money" - Duck, You Sucker! Chapter 11 8. "There Was Never Any Good Old Days" - My Name is Nobody Chapter 12 9. "Go Look at Yourself" - Once Upona Time in America Part 13 Part 3. The Company Chapter 14 10. "They Earned It" - The Crew Chapter 15 11. "I Have to Know Who You Are" - The Faces Part 16 Part 4. The Vision Chapter 17 12. "A Man Who Knows What He Wants" - The Moral Geometry of Sergio Leone Chapter 18 13. "Shoot-Don't Talk!" - Themes and Images Chapter 19 14. "He Not Only Plays-He Can Shoot, Too" - Morricone Encomium Chapter 20 15. "You Know Music-and You Can Count" - Bob Robertson and Joe Green Chapter 21 16. "There's a Hole in the Roof" - Sergio Leone-Catholic Filmmaker Part 22 Appendixes Chapter 23 Chronology Chapter 24 Filmography Chapter 25 Recommended Discography Part 26 Bibliography Part 27 Index Part 28 About the Author