Red Harvest, Samurai Swords & The Birth of the Spaghetti West

Red Harvest, Samurai Sword & The Birth of the Spaghetti West

This man...

Dashiell Hammett, wrote this book...

based on his experience working as a Pinkerton detective during the 1920 Anaconda Road Massacre in Butte, Montana.

The Anaconda Road Massacre

Red Harvest was the basis of this film...

Yojimbo, directed by this man...

Akira Kurosawa. Yojimbo was the basis of this film...

A Fistfull of Dollars, directed by this man...

Sergio Leone, who is credited with starting the Spaghetti Western genre of film. BTW, there was also another remake called "Last Man Standing".