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unusual facts about 1966 in film



A Bullet for the General

A Bullet for the General (It. Quién sabe?), is a 1966 Italian film which stars Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski, Lou Castel and Martine Beswick.

Alberto Grimaldi

He is credited with producing some of the most famous films in film history including For a Few Dollars More in 1965, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966, Last Tango in Paris in 1972 and Gangs of New York in 2002.

The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling

A 1966 Mirisch Productions World War I war film with the title starring Gregory Peck and Ian McKellen, directed by David Miller with a screenplay by Roald Dahl was abandoned after 5 weeks filming in Switzerland.

The Big Gundown

The Big Gundown (Italian title: La resa dei conti – roughly The Settling of Scores) is a 1966 spaghetti western, written by long-time Sergio Leone collaborator Sergio Donati and directed by Sergio Sollima.

The Spy with My Face

Directed by John Newland, the film also was released to theaters in the United States in 1966 as a double feature with To Trap a Spy.


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