Nicholas Meyer admits that Khan's familiarity with Chekov is a mistake, but defends this citing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who frequently had trivial errors in his Sherlock Holmes stories, but made no apologies for them.
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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American prints credit John Sturges as a producer and a director, but at least some foreign releases only credit Duilio Coletti as producer.
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The film's title, "Chino", refers to the first name of Charles Bronson's character., who is half Indian and half white (hence the film's other title, "Valdez, the Halfbreed"). The title of the novel the film is based on, "The Valdez Horses", refers to Chino's equine herd that he tames, breeds and trains.
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Lino Ventura was originally set to play of Maral. This would have re-teamed Ventura with Charles Bronson, the two had both starred in the earlier The Valachi Papers (1972). However, due to the part being a supporting role, Ventura withdrew and was replaced by Marcel Bozzuffi.
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First film of a three-picture contract that Charles Bronson had with producer Dino De Laurentiis. The second and third were The Stone Killer (1973) and The White Buffalo (1977). Bronson's earlier film for de Laurentiis, The Valachi Papers (1972) was a single-picture contract. During the 1960s, Bronson had also appeared in Battle of the Bulge (1965) for de Laurentiis.
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Along with Cold Sweat (1970) and Someone Behind the Door (1971), this has been the most widely available Charles Bronson movie on home video-cassette and DVD.
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Fifth and final film that Charles Bronson made with director John Sturges. The earlier pictures included The People Against O'Hara (1951), Never So Few (1959), The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Great Escape (1963).
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According to a John Sturges interview given to French student Emmanuel Laborit in 1990, for his book "John Sturges,: Storis About q Filmmaker", Sturges said he was unable to direct because he was ill just when they began shooting. Producer Dino De Laurentiis called Duilio Colettito replace him, although Sturges did not give his agreement. For that reason, Sturges wanted his name taken off the credits, De Laurentiis kept his name on the American release prints, because he thought that the Sturges name on a western was better. thought that for US box-office a western by John Sturges was better.
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One of Charles Bronson's 70s westerns. His others include Chino (1973), Red Sun (1971), Chato's Land (1972), From Noon Till Three (1976), Breakheart Pass (1975) and The White Buffalo (1977).
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Paramount Pictures originally intended to release this movie in the US under the title "The Wild Horses".
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First released in Europe in September 1973; it didn't open in the US until 1976.
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Jill Ireland's character is known as Catherine on US release prints but on other versions of this film, she is called Louise.
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Clair Huffaker is credited as the sole writer on American prints, but at least some foreign prints have Huffaker credited after Massimo De Rita and Dino Maiuri.
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The Indian characters were played by local Spanish gypsies.
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Final western of director John Sturges.
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Italian censorship visa # 62952 delivered on 29 August 1973.
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Body count: 8.
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Appearing as Maral, Marcel Bozzuffi once dubbed star Charles Bronson on French release prints of Bronson's Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) when released in France in 1963.
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"The Valdez Horses", the novel on which this film is based, was written by Lee Hoffman and published in 1967. It won the Western Writers of America Spur Award that year.
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Although set in the US state of New Mexico, the film was actually filmed in Almería, Andalucía, Spain.
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Chino - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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