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Director:
Writers:
Salvatore Laurani (story)
Franco Solinas (adaptation)
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Release Date:
September 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Like the Bandit... Like the Gringo... A bullet doesn't care who it kills! more
Plot:
El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries... more | add synopsis
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Cjamango
 (From LateFilmFull. 15 August 2009, 3:36 AM, PDT)

Five: Spaghetti Westerns not directed by Sergio Leone
 (From LateFilmFull. 10 June 2009, 2:01 AM, PDT)

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Excellent Western with two typical Spaghetti actors: Volonte and Kinski. more (18 total)

Cast

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Gian Maria Volonté ... Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
Klaus Kinski ... El Santo
Martine Beswick ... Adelita
Lou Castel ... Bill 'Niño' Tate
Jaime Fernández ... Gen. Elías
Andrea Checchi ... Don Feliciano
Spartaco Conversi ... Cirillo
Joaquín Parra ... Picaro
Aldo Sambrell ... Lt. Alvaro Ferreira
José Manuel Martín ... Raimundo
Santiago Santos ... Guapo
Valentino Macchi ... Pedrito - Durango train engineer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sal Borgese ... Bandit
Carla Gravina ... Rosario
Guy Heron ... Pedrito
Richard McNamara ... English narration
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Bullet for the General (USA)
Quién sabe? (Italy) (short title)
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Runtime:
135 min | UK:77 min | Spain:107 min | Argentina:120 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[last lines]
El Chuncho: [to a beggar he gave money to earlier] Don't buy bread with that money, hombre! Buy dynamite! Dynamite!
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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent Western with two typical Spaghetti actors: Volonte and Kinski., 25 April 2005
7/10
Author: ma-cortes from Santander Spain

The movie centers on a Yankee(Lou Castel) who joins forces an outlaw band (leading Gian Mª Volonte and Klaus Kinski)during the Mexican revolutionary war by time of the leader Salustiano Carranza.

It's a magnificent western film with dazzling shootouts between the protagonists and the contenders. The spotlights movie are the confronting in the train and the final duel. There is a special remembrance to Leone's western, thus work : Volonte,Kinski and Aldo Sambrell who are usually in the master's Spaghetti films. This film belongs to the numerous group that are set during the Mexican revolution, called ¨Zapata Western¨ , like are the Italians: ¨Compañeros, The mercenary ,Tetepa¨ and the Americans : ¨The wild bunch and The professionals¨. The picture blends violence,blood, action western and it's fast movement and for that reason is entertaining, besides there is thoughtful dialog with a clever writing by Franco Solinas. Enjoyable music by Luis Enrique Bacalov, author of ¨The Postino and Pablo Neruda¨ which won an Oscar for his soundtrack and he composed lots of Spaghetti Western scores. The motion picture is rightly directed by Damiano Damiani.

Rating: Good. Well worth seeing.

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