''Sol Madrid'' is a 1968 film directed by

Brian G. Hutton Brian Geoffrey Hutton (January 1, 1935 – August 19, 2014) was an American actor and film director whose notable credits are for the action films '' Where Eagles Dare'' (1968) and ''Kelly's Heroes'' (1970). Acting career Hutton was born in New Y ...

and filmed in

Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has bee ...

. It was released in the UK as ''The Heroin Gang''. The MGM film starred David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas and Ricardo Montalban with John Cassavetes being replaced by

Rip Torn Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Marsh Turner in '' Cross Creek'' ...

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 hit man 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's turned into an addict. Harry is caught and killed. Jalisco isn't what he seems to be, so Madrid not only must deal with him, but with Villanova and Dietrich as well.

Cast

* David McCallum ... Sol Madrid * Stella Stevens ... Stacey Woodward * Telly Savalas ... Emil Dietrich * Ricardo Montalban ... Jalisco *

... Dano Villanova *

Pat Hingle Martin Patterson Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American character actor who appeared in stage productions and in hundreds of television shows and feature films. His first film was ''On the Waterfront'' in 1954. He often play ...

... Harry Mitchell * Paul Lukas ... Capo Riccione * Michael Ansara ... Capt. Ortega * Michael Conrad ... Scarpi

Soundtrack

The film score was composed by

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...

and the

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' ...

was released on the MGM label in 1968.Payne, D
Lalo Schifrin discography
accessed March 19, 2012 An expanded edition of the soundtrack was released on by Film Score Monthly in 2010 as part of the 5 CD

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'' The Cincinnati Kid: Lalo Schifrin Film Scores Vol. 1 (1964-1968)''.Film Score Monthly Website
accessed March 19, 2012

Track listing

''All compositions by Lalo Schifrin'' # "Sol Madrid (Main Theme)" - 2:00 # "Fiesta" - 1:35 # "Stacey's Bolero" - 2:36 # "The Burning Candle" - 2:25 # "Adagietto" - 2:50 # "Sol Madrid (Main Theme)" - 1:55 # "The Golden Trip" - 2:35 # "Charanga" - 2:20 # "El Patio" - 2:25 # "Villanova's Villa" - 2:10 # "Bolero #2" - 2:07 # "Villanova's Chase" - 2:07

Personnel

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas * Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...

* Laurindo Almeida - guitar *Unnamed Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster *George del Barrio -

orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orc ...

References

External links

* {{Brian G. Hutton 1968 films Films directed by Brian G. Hutton Films scored by Lalo Schifrin Films about the illegal drug trade Films set in Acapulco Films shot in Mexico Films produced by Elliott Kastner 1960s English-language films American crime films 1960s American films