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a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company

noun, pl ⋯ -erns [count]

: a movie about the old American West that is produced in Italy

spaˌghetti ˈwestern 7 [spaghetti western] noun

a film/movie about ↑cowboys, made in Europe by Italian companies

Spaghetti westerns were made in the 1960s and 1970s. They often had complicated stories and contained a lot of violence. The first were directed by Sergio Leone, including A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Several US actors, especially Clint Eastwood, first became famous by appearing in spaghetti westerns.