The Mercenary (1968)

12/20/1968Western1h 41m
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He sells death to the highest bidder! Buy or die!

Overview

While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.

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    Franco Nero

    Sergei Kowalski, The Polish

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    Tony Musante

    Paco Roman

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    Jack Palance

    Ricciolo ("Curly")

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    Giovanna Ralli

    Columba

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    Franco Giacobini

    Pepote

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    Eduardo Fajardo

    Alfonso García

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    Franco Ressel

    Studs

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    Álvaro de Luna

    Ramon

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    Raf Baldassarre

    Mateo

You play by the rules you lose! Il mercenario (The Mercenary) is directed by Sergio Corbucci and Corbucci co-writes the screenplay with Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Spina and Adriano Bolzoni. It stars Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jacl Palance and Giovanna Ralli. Music is by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai, with cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa. It's the Mexican Revolution and Sergei "Polack" Kowalski (Nero) is a gun for hire. Hired by revolutionary Paco Roman (Musante), Kowalski muses on all the scrapes they got into before bringing the story to a present day resolution... A Technicolo...

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Original LanguageItalian 

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