Universal Soldier (1971 film)

Universal Soldier
VHS cover
Directed byCy Endfield
Screenplay byCy Endfield
Additional dialogue:
Kevin Duggan
Kenneth Fueurman
George Lazenby
Story byJoseph Massot
Derek Marlowe
Produced byFrederick Schwartz
Donald Factor
StarringGeorge Lazenby
Ben Carruthers
Robin Hunter
Edward Judd
Alan Barnes
Cy Endfield
Germaine Greer
Rudolph Walker
CinematographyTony Imi
Edited byRex Pyke
Music byPhillip Goodhand-Tait
Production
companies
Appaloosa Pictures
Ionian Finance
Distributed byHemdale Film Corporation
Release dates
  • 11 June 1971 (1971-06-11)[1]
    May 1972 (London)[2]
    July 1972 (Dublin)[3]
    1974 (Australia)[4]
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£300,000[5][6]

Universal Soldier is a 1971 film directed by Cy Endfield and starring George Lazenby as a mercenary. It was the final film of Endfield, who also has an acting role in it. The title came from the 1964 song of the same name by Buffy Sainte-Marie.[7]

  1. ^ Phillip Goodhand-Tait singer/songwriter
  2. ^ "Classified Ad 20 -- No Title". The Guardian. London. 17 May 1972. p. 19.
  3. ^ Classified Ad 4 -- No Title The Irish Times 22 July 1972: 19
  4. ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. 6 February 1974. p. 16. Retrieved 17 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference cy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference kw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ p.181 Neve, Brian The Many Lives of Cy Endfield: Film Noir, the Blacklist, and Zulu University of Wisconsin Press, 21 July 2015