Film · Drama, Comedy, Western

The Mercenary (1968)

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

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.

Director

Sergio Corbucci

Writers

Giorgio Arlorio, Franco Solinas, Luciano Vincenzoni

Country

Italy

Language

Italian

Release date

December 20, 1968

Original title

Il mercenario