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The Mercenary (1968) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 20, 1968

Original Title:
Il mercenario

Alternate Titles:
A Professional Gun
Die gefürchteten Zwei
Il Mercenario
Le Mercenaire: La vie est bon marché...la mort ne l'est pas !
Revenge Of A Gunfighter
Salario para matar

Genres:
Western

Production Companies:
PEA
Produzioni Associate Delphos
Profilms 21

Production Countries:
Italy | Spain

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: 12  JP: PG12  RO: 12 

Runtime: 101

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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Art Direction:
Luis Vázquez

Assistant Camera:
Julio Leyva
Isidro Muro

Assistant Editor:
Pina Triunveri

Associate Producer:
Francesco Merli

Camera Operator:
Sergio Bergamini
Hans Burmann

Co-Writer:
Sergio Spina
Adriano Bolzoni
Sergio Corbucci

Costume Design:
Jürgen Henze

Director:
Sergio Corbucci

Director of Photography:
Alejandro Ulloa

Editor:
Eugenio Alabiso

First Assistant Director:
Filiberto Fiaschi
Ricardo Huertas

Hairstylist:
Giusy Bovino

Makeup Artist:
Alejandro Millón
Raul Ranieri

Master at Arms:
Remo De Angelis

Original Music Composer:
Ennio Morricone
Bruno Nicolai

Producer:
Alberto Grimaldi

Production Design:
Luis Vázquez
Piero Filippone

Production Manager:
Francesco Merli
Manuel Castedo

Production Secretary:
Serafín García Trueba
José Nuño de la Rosa
Orlando Pierfederici

Screenplay:
Luciano Vincenzoni

Script Supervisor:
Franca Invernizzi

Set Decoration:
Vázquez Hermanos
Luis Vázquez

Sound:
Carlo Diotallevi
Alfredo Polo

Sound Mixer:
Renato Cadueri

Special Effects:
Celeste Battistelli

Still Photographer:
Antonio Benetti

Story:
Giorgio Arlorio
Franco Solinas

Unit Manager:
Pietro Nofri

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