The Mercenary

The Mercenary (1968)

Genres - Comedy, War, Western  |   Sub-Genres - Spaghetti Western, War Adventure  |   Run Time - 105 min.  |   Countries - Spain, Italy  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides

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 humorous film.

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bad-guy, bank, border [geographic], conflict, cowboy, girl, good-guy, help, hired-hand, killing, mercenary, Mexican-Revolution, Mexico, mine, mine-owner, owner, peasant, revolution, rival, robbery, silver, soldier, stabbing, transportation, traveling, troops