Original: Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures . It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain , Charles Bronson as his nemesis , Jason Robards as a bandit , and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader with a past as a prostitute .
Simplified: Once Upon A Time in the West ( 1968 ) ( ita : C ` era una volta il West ) is a Spaghetti Western movie directed by Sergio Leone with music Ennio Morricone and starring by Claudia Cardinale , Henry Fonda , Charles Bronson and Jason Robards .