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You have 2 pictures of young Antonio Ruiz, as the boy at the station and as an unknown ‘Elias soldier’
Thanks again for your expertise on these lists, very useful and interesting.
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Got to meet the lovely Martine Beswick yesterday. She has very fond memories of making this film, and working with the likes of Kinski, Volonté, Castel and Damiani. A very friendly lady with a great sense of humour and plenty of stories to tell. She really loved these high quality stills of her I managed to capture myself, since there’s not much out there.
My friend @sarahvista was also there, who even asked her about John the Bastard. It’s great to ask about these films, as Martine is mainly known for being a Bond Girl.
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What a lovely treat to meet Martine … was it a specialist film festival event ?
Love the picture of her trying on her new hat with cigar … really in character.
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It was actually a charity event in London with celebrity signings. Caroline Munro was there, who is always amazing to meet. Along with many more people, mainly from Bond, Hammer and Star Wars films.
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That’s amazing Dean 
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Oh yeah, Martine was also very surprised when I told her Damiani didn’t consider it a Western, haha.
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Very cool!
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In the U.S. ‘A Bullet for the General’ opened in San Francisco on September 18 1968, followed by a general release in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, San Angelo etc, November 7/8, 1968. Was it the truncated version with William Berger’s voice as Bill Tate - who knows.
No respect accorded in the UK as it was hacked to an incomprehensible 77mins and co-billed with ‘All Neat in Black Stockings’. It opened in Manchester, 20th April 1969 and widely distributed throughout May/June/July 1969. There were a few random screenings later in the year before disappearing altogether by January 1970. It fleetingly resurfaced with ‘The Devil Rides Out’ in Stoke-on-Trent, August 1971. The film made its TV debut on 2nd September 1990 as part of the 3rd season of Moviedrome (BBC2 22:05 - 00:05).
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