A Bullet for the General (1967)

A Bullet for the General (Es. Quién sabe?), also known by its international title El Chucho Quién Sabe?, is a 1966 Italian Zapata Western film directed by Damiano Damiani, written by Salvatore Laurani and Franco Solinas, and starring Gian Maria Volonté, Lou Castel, Klaus Kinski and Martine Beswick. The film tells the story of El Chuncho, a bandit, and Bill Tate (or El Niňo), who is a counter-revolutionary in Mexico. Chuncho 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 Compañeros, The Mercenary and perhaps most famously Duck, You Sucker!

Some parts of the soundtrack, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, are featured in the videogame Red Dead Revolver.

Synopsis

The two Mexican brothers Chuncho and Santo and their mutual US-American friend Bill support the revolution in Mexico by delivering stolen guns to a rebel leader. Their mutual contempt for the current government unites the three men, but Chuncho only strives for maximum profit, whereas Santo is driven by political idealism. In the course of action their motives

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