Clint Eastwood’s Greatest Western Of All Time Officially Lands Free Streaming Release In 2 Weeks

Streaming is about to get good, bad, and ugly with the announcement of this movie’s free streaming release date.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is heralded as one of Clint Eastwood’s best appearances on screen. Released in 1966, it is the third film in Sergio Leone’s Fistful of Dollars trilogy. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly brought together not only Leone and Eastwood, but greats like composing legend Ennio Morricone.

Eastwood fans can rejoice in knowing that The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly will soon be available on streaming for free. According to Tubi, the Western will arrive on the free-with-ads streaming platform in just two weeks, starting Wednesday, April 1.

This news comes about just as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly turns 60 this year. Its 60th anniversary may spark more interest in the film from Western fans and common audiences alike, making it an even better time for it to arrive on such an accessible platform.

Among other reasons, such as Morricone’s iconic, now oft-referenced score, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is known for being one of the defining films of the spaghetti western genre. This subgenre was composed of films made in the style of the American Western but produced in Europe, primarily by Italian directors.

Leone and his Fistful of Dollars trilogy led to the rise of spaghetti Western films. This subgenre briefly flourished during the mid to late 60s before largely dying out as the Western genre as a whole became less dominant. Still, the cultural impact that films like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly had is still significant.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was also well known for further elevating Eastwood’s career. Eastwood began acting in the mid-1950s, but his early roles consisted mainly of TV one-offs and smaller roles. Leone’s films saw him play leading men. These gunslinging heroes would go on to define this era of his career.

Westerns would go on to be significant in the actor’s career, not only as an actor, but as a director. One of Eastwood’s most awarded works to date is Unforgiven, a 1992 classic Western genre film that earned nearly universal praise.

The Western genre is receiving a cultural revivification, primarily through TV shows like Yellowstone and Landman. For this reason, audiences are more interested in Westerns than they have been in a while. So, with the 60th anniversary and huge genre interest, there could not be a better time than now for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly‘s free streaming release.