The One Eyed Soldiers
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| Directed by | John Ainsworth (credited as Jean Christophe) |
| Written by | John Ainsworth Richard Aubrey |
| Produced by | Clive Sharp |
| Starring | Dale Robertson Luciana Paluzzi Guy Deghy |
| Cinematography | Branko Ivatovic |
| Music by | Various |
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Running time | 80 minutes 74 minutes (DVD) |
| Countries | United Kingdom Italy Yugoslavia United States |
| Language | English |
The One Eyed Soldiers is a 1966 United Kingdom/Yugoslavian/Italian/United States international co-production crime film shot in Yugoslavia that was directed and co-written by John Ainsworth under the name of Jean Christophe. The film, shot in Ultrascope starred and was co-produced by Dale Robertson for his United Screen Arts company that released the film in the USA as a double feature with Secret Agent Super Dragon.
Plot
[edit]A United Nations diplomat is murdered by being thrown off a building in a European nation. His dying words are "the one eyed soldiers." The murder and cryptic message lead to the police, to the diplomat's daughter and American reporter. A criminal syndicate led by a sadistic dwarf and a Sydney Greenstreet type smuggler and his mute assistant battle each other.
Cast
[edit]- Dale Robertson ... Richard Owen
- Luciana Paluzzi ... Gava Berens
- Guy Deghy ... Harold Schmidt / Zavo
- Andrew Faulds ... Colonel Ferrer
- Mile Avramovic ... Antonio Caporelli
- Mirko Boman ... The Mute
- Bozidar Drnic ... Dr. Charles Berens
- Dragan Nikolić ... Officer
- Dusan Tadic ... Bandit
- Milan Bosiljcic ... Waiter
Production
[edit]In 1965 actor Dale Robertson formed his own production company United Screen Arts (USA). On 27 August of that year it was announced that USA announced a three way production deal between their company Yugoslavia's Avala Film and Switzerland to film The One Eyed Soldiers with Robertson and originally Rosanna Schiaffino. The film was budgeted at US$1,700,000[1]
Soundtrack
[edit]The film featured music from several different European films including Before It's Too Late from Agent 077: From the Orient with Fury.
References
[edit]- ^ p.37 + p.125 Avala's Soldiers on the Yugo Move Film Daily 17 Aug 1965
External links
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- English-language Italian films
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