The Mercenary

The Mercenary

101 mins | Comedy, Action, War, Western | Dec. 20, 1968

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.

The Mercenary

101 mins | Comedy, Action, War, Western | Dec. 20, 1968

The Mercenary
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers PEA, Produzioni Associate Delphos, Profilms 21
Original title Il mercenario
Directors Ricardo Huertas, Franca Invernizzi, Filiberto Fiaschi, Sergio Corbucci
Writers Sergio Spina, Giorgio Arlorio, Adriano Bolzoni, Sergio Corbucci, Luciano Vincenzoni, Franco Solinas

Cast

Franco Nero

as Sergei Kowalski, The Polish

Tony Musante

as Paco Roman

Jack Palance

as Ricciolo ("Curly")

Giovanna Ralli

as Columba

Franco Giacobini

as Pepote

Eduardo Fajardo

as Alfonso García

Franco Ressel

as Studs

Álvaro de Luna

as Ramon

Raf Baldassarre

as Mateo

Joe Kamel

as Sebastian

Lorenzo Robledo

as Officer / Officer (uncredited)

José María Aguinaco

as Ramirez (uncredited)

Simón Arriaga

as Simón (uncredited)

José Canalejas

as Lerkin (uncredited)

Juan Cazalilla

as Mayor (uncredited)

Remo De Angelis

as Hudo (uncredited)

Alejandro de Enciso

as Juan (uncredited)

Tito García

as Garcia's Cousin (uncredited)

A. Jiménez Castellanos

as (uncredited)

Guillermo Méndez

as Captain (uncredited)

Enrique Navarro

as Notary (uncredited)

Francisco Nieto

as Antonio (uncredited)

Ángel Ortiz

as Mexican #3 (uncredited)

Julio Peña

as (uncredited)

Milo Quesada

as Marco (uncredited)

Herman Reynoso

as Curly's 2nd Man (uncredited)

José Riesgo

as Garcia's Brother (uncredited)

Vicente Roca

as Elias Garcia (uncredited)

Fernando Villena

as Sergeant (uncredited)

José Luis Lizalde

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

Ángel Álvarez

as Notary (uncredited)