The Mercenary

Name: The Mercenary
Genre: Western, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1968-12-20
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.866

★ 6,9 /10 (164 Votes)

1968 IT 101 min

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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Release date

20/12/1968

Votes

164

Popularity

2.6

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Genres

Western Comedy Drama

Status

Released

Original title

Il mercenario

Language

Runtime

101 min

Franco Nero

Sergei Kowalski, The Polish

Tony Musante

Paco Roman

Jack Palance

Ricciolo ("Curly")

Giovanna Ralli

Columba

Franco Giacobini

Pepote

Eduardo Fajardo

Alfonso García

Franco Ressel

Studs

Álvaro de Luna

Ramon

Raf Baldassarre

Mateo

Joe Kamel

Sebastian

Lorenzo Robledo

Officer

Ugo Adinolfi

No photo

José María Aguinaco

Ramirez

Simón Arriaga

Simón

José Canalejas

Lerkin

Juan Cazalilla

Mayor

Remo De Angelis

Hudo

No photo

Alejandro de Enciso

Juan

Tito García

Garcia's Cousin (uncredited)

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A. Jiménez Castellanos

(uncredited)

Guillermo Méndez

Captain (uncredited)

Enrique Navarro

Notary (uncredited)

Francisco Nieto

Antonio (uncredited)

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Ángel Ortiz

Mexican #3 (uncredited)

Julio Peña

(uncredited)

Milo Quesada

Marco (uncredited)

Herman Reynoso

Curly's 2nd Man (uncredited)

José Riesgo

Garcia's Brother (uncredited)

Lorenzo Robledo

Officer (uncredited)

Vicente Roca

Elias Garcia (uncredited)

No photo

Fernando Villena

Sergeant (uncredited)

José Luis Lizalde

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Ángel Álvarez

Notary (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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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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