Yes, great actor, great performance, great movie.
Compare to what passes as entertainment today.
Another great western: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
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Add the Searchers to that list and you have my 3 favorite westerns. Eli was great as Tuco. What’s sad is that they would never cast him in that role in today’s Hollywood. Can’t have an Anglo playing a Mexican. It violates all the liberal casting rules.
Jews played Mexicans frequently in "old Hollywood"