Chino (1973 film)

Chino
US theatrical release poster
Directed by	Duilio Coletti John Sturges
Screenplay by	Clair Huffaker
Based on	The Valdez Horses by Lee Hoffman
Produced by	John Sturges Dino De Laurentiis
Starring	Charles Bronson Jill Ireland
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Luis Álvarez Vanio Amici
Music by	Guido De Angelis Maurizio De Angelis
Production companies	Produzioni De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company Coral Producciones Cinematográficas Universal Productions France
Distributed by	Intercontinental Releasing Corporation
Release date	September 14, 1973 (1973-09-14) (Italy)
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	France Italy Spain
Language	English

Chino (Italian: Valdez, il mezzosangue, UK theatrical title: Valdez the Half Breed) is a 1973 Western film starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi, and Vincent Van Patten. The original English language title shown at the beginning of the film was The Valdez Horses, the same title that the 1967 novel by Lee Hoffman on which the movie is based. Hoffman was awarded the 1967 Western Writers of America Spur Award.

It was an Italian-Spanish-French co-production filmed in Spain, with Italian and French funding.^[1]