The One Eyed Soldiers
| The One Eyed Soldiers | |
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| Directed by | John Ainsworth (credited as Jean Christophe) |
| Written by | John Ainsworth Richard Aubrey |
| Produced by | Clive Sharp |
| Starring | Dale Robertson Luciana Paluzzi Guy Deghy |
| Cinematography | Branko Ivatovic |
| Music by | Various |
Production companies | |
Release date | 1966 |
Running time | 80 minutes <v>74 minutes (DVD) |
| Countries | UK Italy Yugoslavia US |
| Language | French |
The One Eyed Soldiers is a 1966 UK/Yugoslavian/Italian/US international co-production crime film shot in Yugoslavia that was directed and co-written by John Ainsworth under the name of Jean Christophe. The film, shot in Ultrascope starred and was co-produced by Dale Robertson for his United Screen Arts company that released the film in the USA as a double feature with Secret Agent Super Dragon.
Synopsis
A United Nations diplomat is murdered by being thrown off a building in a European nation. His dying words are "the one eyed soldiers". The murder and cryptic message lead to the police, the diplomat's daughter, an American reporter. a criminal syndicate led by a sadistic dwarf and a Sydney Greenstreet type smuggler and his mute assistant to battle each other.
Production
In 1965 actor Dale Robertson formed his own production company United Screen Arts (USA). On 27 August of that year it was announced that USA announced a three way production deal between their company Yugoslavia's Avala Film and Switzerland to film The One Eyed Soldiers with Robertson and originally Rosanna Schiaffino. The film was budgeted at US$1,700,000[1]
Cast
- Dale Robertson ... Richard Owen
- Luciana Paluzzi ... Gava Berens
- Guy Deghy ... Harold Schmidt / Zavo
- Andrew Faulds ... Colonel Ferrer
- Mile Avramovic ... Antonio Caporelli
- Mirko Boman ... The Mute
- Bozidar Drnic ... Dr. Charles Berens
- Dragan Nikolić ... Gangster
Soundtrack
The film featured music from several different European films including Before It's Too Late from Agent 077: From the Orient with Fury.
References
- ^ p.37 + p.125 Avala's Soldiers on the Yugo Move Film Daily 17 Aug 1965