The Mercenary (Il Mercenario) (A Professional Gun) (1968)
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This spaghetti western finds a despotic mine owner (Eduardo Fajardo) the target for revenge by the idealistic patriot Eufemio (Tony Musante). He hires Bill Douglas (Franco Nero) to incite a revolution that will oust the government and the greedy miner. Douglas agrees as long as his creature comforts are insured during the crossing of the unforgiving desert. Ricciolo (Jack Palance) is the mercenary working for the side of the mineowner. Ennio Morricone provides the music for this violent and
Aug 29, 1968 Wide
Jan 30, 2001
United Artists
Cast
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Franco Nero
Bill Douglas / Serge... -
Tony Musante
Eufemio / Paco Ramon... -
Jack Palance
Ricciolo / Curly [i... -
Giovanna Ralli
Columba -
Eduardo Fajardo
Alfonso Garcia -
Bruno Corazzari
Studs -
Remo De Angelis
Hudo -
Franco Giacobini
Pepote -
Tito Garcia
Vigilante At Mines -
Angel Alvarez
Notary -
Juan Cazalilla
Mayor Of Allenda -
Jose Zalde
Innkeeper -
Jose Antonio Lopez
Juan -
Simón Arriaga
Simon -
Jose Ma Aguinaco
Ramirez -
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Jose Angel Ortiz
3rd Mexican -
Milo Quesada
Marco -
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Vicente Roca
Elias Garcia -
Guillermo Méndez
Captain -
Fernando Villena
Sergeant -
Raf Baldassarre
Mateo -
Jose Canalejas
Pablo -
Alvaro de Luna
Ramon -
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Jose Riesgo
2nd Mexican
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All Critics (2) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (1)
Corbucci is no stranger to stylistic excess. In this film, his camera is characteristically unencumbered...and his scenes of sadism, oddball humor, and hyperbolic political sentiment form a potent if uneven mixture of tones.
Top CriticAn overtly leftist political pic, that's also a stylish spaghetti western comedy of excessive violence and cruelty.
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Foreign Titles
- Die gefürchteten Zwei (DE)
- The Mercenary (Il Mercenario) (UK)
