INFO on unmade film - partly made in Ireland - New Spartans - Oliver Reed/Susan Georg

I've just learnt of a lost Irish exploitation film. And it is true. I discovered it in an old Flesh and Blood fanzine, in an interview with Blaxploitation star Fred Williamson. Yes, he nearly made a film in Ardmore,The New Spartans in c.1975, and what a cast - Oliver Reed, Susan George (would they have been on the Late Late Show in that infamous wrestling bit at the time), Patrick Wayne, Jimmy Wang Yu, Toshiro Mifune, Harry Andrews, Graham Crowden, and directed by Jack (Race with the Devil, Cleopatra Jones) Starrett. It sounds so enticing. Toshiro Mifune as a WW2 vet who thinks the war is still on, and can only say ****!, Susan George, Patrick Wayne, Oliver Reed as a one eyed/handed/legged general, Graham Crowden, Harry Andrews and JimmyWangYu. The director was Jack Starrett.
It sounds so brilliantly mental. I wonder if any footage survives. Probably not. Sadly.
Chris Poggiali calls it “a Blazing Saddles-style spoof of ‘men on a mission’ films.” He goes on to write:
“It was a troubled shoot from the get-go, as the production had to be moved from Ireland to England when the IRA threatened to kill all the English in the cast (which also included Susan George and Harry Andrews). The tabloid press was quick to imply that Patrick Wayne and Susan George were having an affair and they flocked to the set . . . Wang Yu was basically playing himself in the movie—a martial arts movie star—but his character's name was ‘Wang Fu.’ To give an idea of the level of humor, Patrick Wayne's character was named ‘Bigdick McCracken,’ Williamson was ‘Lincoln Jefferson Washington IV’ and Reed played ‘Colonel Lancelot,’ a commando leader with one arm, one leg, and one eye.”
Apparently, filming was done in Nottingham. Still, the idea of Mifune, Wang Yu and Williamson roaming around Nottingham still sounds intriguingly bizarre.
Sometimes I hate the IRA. This could have been awesome. Or ****e.
I think this calls for research.
Does anyone know was this done in Ardmore or supposed to be?
Wasn't the George/Reed interview with Gaybo done around '78? But wouldn't it have made sense that they would be doing a film together in Ireland the same time they were on the Late Late? Does anyone recall them promoting this film on the Late Late? Reed did two other films in Ireland, and they were in 1972 and 1961 respectively, although he have property here. George, I'm not so sure on.