A Bullet for the General

A Bullet for the General
American theatrical release poster
Directed by	Damiano Damiani
Produced by	Bianco Manini
Written by	Salvatore Laurani (story) Franco Solinas
Narrated by	Richard McNamara
Starring	Gian Maria Volonté Klaus Kinski
Music by	Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Cinematography	Antonio Secchi as Tony Secchi
Release date(s)	1966
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

A Bullet for the General (It. El Chucho, quién sabe?), is a 1966 film which stars Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski, Lou Castel and Martine Beswick. Originally entitled El Chucho, quién sabe?, it is the story of El Chucho, the bandit, and Bill Tate (or El Nino) who is a counter-revolutionary in Mexico. Chucho soon learns that social revolution is more important than mere money. This is one of the more famous Zapata Westerns, a subgenre of the spaghetti western which deals with the radicalizing of bad men and bandits into revolutionaries when they are confronted with injustice. Others in this subgenre include Companeros, The Mercenary and perhaps most famously A Fistful of Dynamite (also known as Duck, You Sucker).

Some parts of the soundtrack, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, are featured in the videogame Red Dead Revolver.

Cast

• Gian Maria Volonté - 'El Chucho' Munoz
• Klaus Kinski - El Santo
• Martine Beswick - Adelita
• Lou Castel - Bill 'Niño' Tate/Il Gringo
• Jaime Fernández - General Elías
• Andrea Checchi - Don Felipe/Feliciano
• Spartaco Conversi - Cirillo
• Joaquín Parra - Picaro
• Aldo Sambrell - Teniente Alvaro Ferreira
• José Manuel Martín - Raimundo
• Santiago Santos - Guapo
• Guy Heron - Pedrito
• Santiago Santos - Guapo
• Antoñito Ruiz - Chico
• Valentino Macchi train engineer
• Carla Gravina - Rosario
• Aldo Sambrell - Lieutenant Alvaro Pereda
• Vicente Roca - hotel clerk
• Sal Borgese - bandit
• Bianca Manini

External links

• A Bullet for the General at the Internet Movie Database