---
title: 'A Bullet for the General (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Damiano Damiani'
released: '1966-12-07'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-bullet-for-the-general-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061429/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Bullet for the General (1966)

1966 · 118 min · Western · Italy

Original title: Quién sabe?

## Synopsis

A Bullet for the General, also known as El Chucho Quién Sabe?, is a 1966 Italian Zapata Western film directed by Damiano Damiani and starring Gian Maria Volonté, Lou Castel, Klaus Kinski and Martine Beswick. It tells the story of El Chuncho, a bandit and guerrilla leader during the Mexican Revolution, and Bill Tate/El Niño, a counter-revolutionary contract killer who infiltrates his gang and befriends Chuncho. The story centers on the way this relationship changes everything for Chuncho, who discovers the hard way that a social revolution is more important than mere money.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Damiano Damiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/damiano-damiani)
- **Screenplay:** [Franco Solinas](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-solinas)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Luis Bacalov](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-bacalov)
- **Producer:** [Bianco Manini](https://cinepixo.com/people/bianco-manini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Antonio Secchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-secchi)
- **Editor:** [Renato Cinquini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-cinquini)

## Cast

- [Martine Beswick](https://cinepixo.com/people/martine-beswick)
- [Gian Maria Volonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-maria-volonte)
- [Carla Gravina](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-gravina)
- [Jaime Fernández](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaime-fernandez)
- [Rufino Inglés](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufino-ingles)
- [Spartaco Conversi](https://cinepixo.com/people/spartaco-conversi)
- [Andrea Checchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-checchi)
- [Sal Borgese](https://cinepixo.com/people/sal-borgese)
- [Aldo Sambrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-sambrell)
- [Damiano Damiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/damiano-damiani)
- [José Manuel Martín](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-manuel-martin)
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski)
- [Valentino Macchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentino-macchi)
- [Lou Castel](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-castel)

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