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Sol Madrid

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Sol Madrid
Original film poster
Directed byBrian G. Hutton
Screenplay byDavid Karp
Based onFruit of the Poppy
1965 novel
by Robert Wilder
Produced byHall Bartlett
Elliott Kastner
Jerry Gershwin (uncredited)
StarringDavid McCallum
Telly Savalas
Ricardo Montalbán
CinematographyFred J. Koenekamp
Edited byJohn McSweeney, Jr.
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
companies
Hall Bartlett Pictures Inc.
Gershwin-Kastner Productions
Distributed byMGM
Release date
  • February 7, 1968 (1968-02-07)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sol Madrid is a 1968 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.[1] The MGM film starred David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas and Ricardo Montalbán with John Cassavetes being replaced by Rip Torn prior to filming.[2] It was the final film of Paul Lukas.

Plot

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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

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Soundtrack

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Sol Madrid
Soundtrack album by
Released1968
RecordedNovember 9 & 10, 1967
MGM Scoring Stage, Culver City, California
GenreFilm score
Length28:22
LabelMGM
SE 4541 ST
ProducerJesse Kaye
Lalo Schifrin chronology
Cool Hand Luke
(1967)
Sol Madrid
(1968)
The Fox
(1968)

The film score was composed by Lalo Schifrin and the soundtrack album was released on the MGM label in 1968.[3] 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).[4]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "THE SECRET FILE OF SOL MADRID Original Daybill Movie Poster David McCallum Telly Savalas".
  2. ^ "Stella Stevens: "I had the pleasure to work with a lot of great directors, but Vincente Minnelli was just wonderful"". 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 19, 2012
  4. ^ Film Score Monthly Website Archived 2012-04-10 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 19, 2012
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