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Sol Madrid

1968 film by Brian G. Hutton

1968 film by Brian G. Hutton

FieldValue
nameSol Madrid
imageSolmadpos.jpg
captionOriginal film poster
directorBrian G. Hutton
producerHall Bartlett
Elliott Kastner
Jerry Gershwin (uncredited)
based_on
screenplayDavid Karp
starringDavid McCallum
Telly Savalas
Ricardo Montalbán
musicLalo Schifrin
cinematographyFred J. Koenekamp
editingJohn McSweeney, Jr.
studioHall Bartlett Pictures Inc.
Gershwin-Kastner Productions
distributorMGM
released
runtime90 minutes
countryUnited States
languageEnglish

Elliott Kastner Jerry Gershwin (uncredited) Telly Savalas Ricardo Montalbán Gershwin-Kastner Productions Sol Madrid is a 1968 American action film directed by Brian G. Hutton and filmed in Acapulco. Based on the 1965 novel Fruit of the Poppy by Robert Wilder, it was released in the UK as The Heroin Gang and in Australia as The Secret File of Sol Madrid. The MGM film starred David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas and Ricardo Montalbán with John Cassavetes being replaced by Rip Torn prior to filming. It was the final film of Paul Lukas.

Plot

Half a million dollars is stolen from the mafia by small-time crook Harry Mitchell, who splits it with girlfriend Stacey Woodward and takes off for Acapulco.

The mob sends hitman Dano Villanova to deal with Harry and get the money back. Sol Madrid, an undercover narc, is out to find Harry first, hoping to persuade him to testify against organized crime in court.

Stacey happens to be Villanova's former girlfriend. Things get complicated in Mexico, where a heroin dealer named Dietrich is engaged in criminal activity while Mexican law official Jalisco is on the case. Before she can flee on a yacht, Stacey is taken captive by Villanova and shot up with dope until she becomes an addict.

Harry is caught and killed. Jalisco is not what he seems to be, so Madrid not only must deal with him, but with Villanova and Dietrich as well.

Cast

  • David McCallum as Sol Madrid
  • Stella Stevens as Stacey Woodward
  • Telly Savalas as Emil Dietrich
  • Ricardo Montalbán as Jalisco (credited as Ricardo Montalban)
  • Rip Torn as Dano Villanova
  • Pat Hingle as Harry Mitchell
  • Paul Lukas as Capo Riccione
  • Michael Ansara as Capt. Ortega
  • Michael Conrad as Scarpi

Soundtrack

MGM Scoring Stage, Culver City, California SE 4541 ST

The film score was composed by Lalo Schifrin and the soundtrack album was released on the MGM label in 1968. An expanded edition of the soundtrack was released on by Film Score Monthly in 2010 as part of the five CD box set The Cincinnati Kid: Lalo Schifrin Film Scores Vol. 1 (1964-1968).

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin

  1. "Sol Madrid (Main Theme)" - 2:00
  2. "Fiesta" - 1:35
  3. "Stacey's Bolero" - 2:36
  4. "The Burning Candle" - 2:25
  5. "Adagietto" - 2:50
  6. "Sol Madrid (Main Theme)" - 1:55
  7. "The Golden Trip" - 2:35
  8. "Charanga" - 2:20
  9. "El Patio" - 2:25
  10. "Villanova's Villa" - 2:10
  11. "Bolero #2" - 2:07
  12. "Villanova's Chase" - 2:07

Personnel

  • Lalo Schifrin - composer, conductor
  • Laurindo Almeida - guitar
  • Unnamed Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster
  • George del Barrio - orchestration

References

References

  1. "THE SECRET FILE OF SOL MADRID Original Daybill Movie Poster David McCallum Telly Savalas".
  2. (September 25, 2017). "Stella Stevens: "I had the pleasure to work with a lot of great directors, but Vincente Minnelli was just wonderful"".
  3. Payne, Doug. "Lalo Schifrin discography".
  4. "FSM: Sol Madrid (Lalo Schifrin)".
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