The Mercenary poster

The Mercenary( 1968)

TV-MAWestern
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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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

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      Joe Kamel

      Sebastian

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      Lorenzo Robledo

      Officer

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      Ugo Adinolfi

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      José María Aguinaco

      Ramirez

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      Simón Arriaga

      Simón

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      José Canalejas

      Lerkin

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      Juan Cazalilla

      Mayor

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      Remo De Angelis

      Hudo

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      Alejandro de Enciso

      Juan

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      Tito García

      Garcia's Cousin (uncredited)

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      A. Jiménez Castellanos

      (uncredited)

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      Guillermo Méndez

      Captain (uncredited)

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      Enrique Navarro

      Notary (uncredited)

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      Francisco Nieto

      Antonio (uncredited)

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      Ángel Ortiz

      Mexican #3 (uncredited)

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      Julio Peña

      (uncredited)

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      Milo Quesada

      Marco (uncredited)

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      Herman Reynoso

      Curly's 2nd Man (uncredited)

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      José Riesgo

      Garcia's Brother (uncredited)

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      Lorenzo Robledo

      Officer (uncredited)

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      Vicente Roca

      Elias Garcia (uncredited)

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      Fernando Villena

      Sergeant (uncredited)

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      José Luis Lizalde

      Innkeeper (uncredited)

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      Ángel Álvarez

      Notary (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Sep 24 2017
    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 Technicolor...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • spaghetti western
    • intense