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Nov 8, 2017 · Bullet for the General (1966) Gian Maria Volonte is El Chuncho, leader of a bandit gang stealing guns for the Mexican revolution so they can sell them to Gen. Elias. He gets some unexpected help during the robbery of an ammunition train by a gringo aboard. That gringo, Bill Tate (Lou Castel) joins El Chuncho’s gang.
At the height of the Mexican Revolution, a gang of bandits led by the charismatic El Chuncho (a mesmerising Gian Maria Volonté - of DOLLARS films) are stealing weapons to sell them on to rebel 'General' Elias. During a raid on a train, a mysterious gringo, Tate (Lou Castel), assists the bandits by killing the train driver.
Critics reviews. The american Bill Tate joins the gang of bandits led by “El Chuncho”, who steals and sells arms to mexican revolution leader General Elias. Chuncho innocently forms a friendship with the young gringo, but soon starts suspecting the kid might be hiding his true intentions.
A Spaghetti Western on a par with best of Sergio Leone's work, A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL (aka Quien Sabe?) is a radical and politically committed film directed by Damiano Damiani (A Genius, Two Partners And A Dupe; Amityville II: The Possession) from a brilliantly powerful screenplay by Oscar nominee Franco Solinas (co-writer of the award-winning The Battle Of Algiers).
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Dec 18, 2001 · Damiano Damiani had one of his exceptional successes with 1966's "A Bullet for the General" (AKA: "El Chucho, Quien Sabe?"). The director of "The Empty Canvas" had just directed "The Witch in Love," another film that could not be categorized as a horror film, although Sinister Cinema has a copy of the film out also as simply "The Witch" which is misleading.
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Currently you are able to watch "A Bullet for the General" streaming on Plex for free. Synopsis El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries.
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The Golden Bullet. The cartridge with the golden bullet. Bill Tate ( Lou Castel) loads his Mauser with the golden bullet. The golden bullet taken out of the body of the man killed by Tate. Gold, being a very soft metal, would likely heavily deform or shatter upon contact with a human body if fired from a rifle.
