| A Bullet for the General | |
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American theatrical release poster |
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| 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.
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