Thursday, July 19, 2012

THE MERCENARY


Il Mercenario – Italian title
Salario para matar – Spanish title
El mercenario – Spanish title
Jaguar – Spanish title
Ammattitappaja – Finnish title
Un tuer professionnel – French title
El mercenario – French title
Mercenario – der Gefurchtete – German title
Die zwei Gefurchteten – German title
Die gefurchteten Zwei – German title
O epanastatis – Greek title
O misthoforos – Greek title
O skliros, to moutro kai o zorikos – Greek title
O Pistoleiro Profissional – Portuguese title
Gringo-Professionell Pistolero – Swedish title
Revenge of a Gunfighter – English title
A Professional Gun – U.K. title
The Mercenary – U.S.A. title

A 1968 Italian, Spanish co-production [Produzioni Europee Associate (Rome), Profilms (Madrid)]
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Story: Giorgio Arlorio, Franco Solinas
Screenplay: Adriano Bolzoni, Sergio Corbucci, Sergio Spina, Luciano Vincenzoni
Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa [Technicolor, Techniscope]
Music: Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai
Songs: “Bamba vivace”, “Estasi”, “Il Mercenario”, “Fiesta”, “Liberta”, “Paco”, “Canto a mia
terra”, “Notte di Nozze”, “Riccioli” sung by I Cantori Moderni
Running time: 111 minutes

Cast:
Sergei Kowalski – Franco Nero (Francesco Sparanero)
Ricciolo/Curly/Curl/Elam – Jack Palance (Vladimir Palanuik, Jr.)
Paco Roman – Tony Musante (Anthony Musante, Jr.)
Columba – Giovanna Ralli
Alfonso Garcia – Eduardo Fajardo
Ramon – Álvaro de Luna (Álvaro Blanco)
Mateo – Raf Baldassarre (Raffaele Baldassare)
Hudo – Remo de Angelis
Larkin – Joe Kamel (Giuseppe Frisaldi)
Sebastian – José Canalejas
Mexicans – José Riesgo (José Cortina), Angel Ortiz (Ricardo Ortiz)
Elias García – Vicente Roca (Vincente Roca)
Studs – Franco Ressel (Domenico Orobana)
Captain – Guillermo Méndez
Simón – Simón Arriaga
Innkeeper – José Zalde
Antonio – Francisco Nieto
García’s cousin – Tito García (Pablo González)
Pepote – Franco Giacobini
Notary – Ángel Álvarez (Ángel Fernández)
Ramirez – José María Aguinaco
Mayor – Juan Cazalilla
Juan – José Antonio López
Marco – Milo Quesada (Raul Alonso)
Sergeant – Fernando Villena
Curly henchman – Hermano Reynoso
Officer – Lorenzo Robledo
Mexicans - Ángel Ortiz, José Riesgo
With: Bruno Corazzari, Enrique Navarro, A. Jiménez Castellanos, Julio Peña (Julio Muñoz) 


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. – David Stevens

 

6 comments:

  1. Hi, Tom, Who are you?

    it's just that I spot a typo in the portuguese title, the correct one is:

    O Pistoleiro Profissional

    All the best

    Antonio

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    1. Hi, Tom, off course I wanted to ask "How are you?", and not "Who are you?", because i know you...
      All the best, my friend

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  2. Hi Antonio! Thanks for the correction which has been changed on the post.

    Best,
    Tom

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  3. One of the best of the entire genre, in my humble opinion. In fact, I rank this as one of my top favorite films of all-time, regardless of genre!
    A wonderful movie!

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  4. EL MERCENARIO-french title

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