The Mercenary (1968)

20/12/1968 (IT)•Western•1h 41m

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He sells death to the highest bidder! Buy or die!

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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
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

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A review by John Chard

8.0

Written by John Chard on 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 Technicolo...