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Also known as Bullet for the General, Quién sabe?

1966 Italian film directed by Damiano Damiani

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A Bullet for the General, also known by the title Quién sabe?, is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Damiano Damiani. The screenplay was written by Franco Solinas, with music composed by Luis Bacalov. The cast includes Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, and Lou Castel. The film was edited by Renato Cinquini and produced by the company M.C.M.

The narrative is set in Mexico and focuses on the Mexican Revolution. The film has a runtime of 118 minutes according to one source and 115 minutes according to another. It was released in December 1966 and January 1967. The tagline for the film is "Like the Bandit... Like the Gringo... A bullet doesn't care who it kills!"

The film has received ratings of 6.614 and 7.0. It is distributed through video on demand by Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Starz Apple TV Channel, Night Flight Plus, Fandor Amazon Channel, and IndieFlix. The work is categorized under the genres of Action, Adventure, and Drama.

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Film · TMDB

6.6

El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them, unware of his true intentions.

Released: 1967-01-13118 minDir: Damiano DamianiWestern

Cast

  • Gian Maria Volonté as Chuncho Munos / 'El Chuncho'
  • Klaus Kinski as El Santo
  • Martine Beswick as Adelita
  • Lou Castel as Bill Tate
  • Aldo Sambrell as Lt. Alvaro Ferreira
  • José Manuel Martín as Raimundo

Themes

  • mexican revolution
  • spaghetti western

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Ratings

IMDb

7/10

5,679 votes

Year
1967
Runtime
115 min
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama

via IMDb

Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Italy
Original language
Italian
Main subject
Mexican Revolution
Screenwriter
Franco Solinas
Composer
Luis Bacalov
Narrative location
Mexico
Duration
118
FilmAffinity ID
448121
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1966-12-07
film editor
Renato Cinquini
title
Quién sabe?
distributed by
Netflix
Sources (8)

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