The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and Game Theory "Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo" ("The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"), a masterpiece directed by Sergio Leone and with the performances of Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, is according to Tarantino “The best-directed film of all time”. Two elements stand out from the point of view of decision-making theory, the first is that the leitmotif of the cooperation between “Blondie” (Eastwood) and “Tuco” (Wallach) is the information asymmetry about the exact place where the treasure is located; while the second is its final scene, where an unprecedented confrontation occurs until that moment in the western genre, a triple duel ("truel", to use an expression coined by M. Shubik) between the three protagonists that reaches its climax amid the wonderful music composed by Ennio Morricone. Typically, in the western genre, duels involve time-related decisions, where "quick draw," or the ability to...