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Release Date:
29 August 1968 (Italy) more
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Tagline:
He sells death to the highest bidder! Buy or die!
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(2 articles)
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Corbucci's Masterpiece - extremely underrated more (18 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Franco Nero ... Sergei Kowalski, the Polish

Jack Palance ... Ricciolo ('Curly')

Tony Musante ... Paco Roman
Giovanna Ralli ... Columba
Eduardo Fajardo ... Alfonso García
Álvaro de Luna ... Ramón
Raf Baldassarre ... Mateo
José Canalejas ... Sebastian (as Joe Kamel)
Vicente Roca ... Elias Garcia
Franco Ressel ... Studs
Guillermo Méndez ... Captain
Enrique Navarro
Simón Arriaga ... Simón
Ugo Adinolfi
José I. Zaldua ... Innkeeper
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Professional Gun (Europe: English title) (UK)
Revenge of a Gunfighter (USA)
Salario para matar (Spain)
The Mercenary (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and brief nudity.
Runtime:
Italy:110 min | Spain:111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Anachronisms: Sergei Kowalski uses a Spanish Astra 400 pistol. The pistol was not introduced until 1921, after the Mexican Revolution. more
Quotes:
Kowalski aka the Pole: Dream, Paco, but dream with your eyes open. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) more

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Corbucci's Masterpiece - extremely underrated, 3 May 2003
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Corbucci is not known for any serious films and that this turned out to be one is maybe something of an accident - but there is no mistake about it, many scenes reveal the true nature of this film and especially the end, which is nothing less than gripping. To live for what is right and maybe dream but with open eyes. Often this film is mistaken for Two Comapaneros a much inferior effort although using some of the same actors. Whereas Tomas Milian is unreal in most of his films, so is not the case with Tony Musante and especially not in this film. It's a film about revolution but it does not neglect the hidden problems in all of us regarding this. There are traitors all around and some of them are given the right treatment in this film. All and all this is a film with a heart where you least expect it - right in the very center of what appears to be only a cheap "Spaghetti"-western. A film made in the very same times as the phony 68-movement but without being phony itself. Why did not this film receive a descent DVD-treatment instead of the much inferior "Two Companeros"? Your guess is not as good as mine - because I can tell You: American companies do not like truly revolutionary films. Yes, Criterion, this would be something for You to have a bite of!

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