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The Mercenary

The Mercenary

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 20, 1968

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Western

User Score

69%

Original Title

Il mercenario

Production Companies

Produzioni Associate Delphos, Profilms 21, PEA

Director

Sergio Corbucci

Description

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.