The One Eyed Soldiers
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Director John Ainsworth Country UKItalyYugoslaviaUS | 4.2/10 IMDb Genre Action, Adventure, Crime Duration Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1966 Writer John Ainsworth (screenplay), Richard Aubrey (screenplay) Genres Action Film, Adventure Film, Crime Fiction Cast (Richard Owen), (Gava Berens), (Zavo), (Colonel Ferrer), (The Mute) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The One Eyed Soldiers is a 1966 UK/Yugoslavian/Italian/US 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.
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Synopsis
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, the diplomat's daughter, an American reporter. a criminal syndicate led by a sadistic dwarf and a Sydney Greenstreet type smuggler and his mute assistant to battle each other.
Production
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
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Soundtrack
The film featured music from several different European films including Before It's Too Late from Agent 077: From the Orient with Fury.
References
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