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Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.


“Before Rambo... Before Oliver North...”
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

Ed Harris
William Walker

Richard Masur
Ephraim Squier

René Auberjonois
Maj. Siegfried Hennington

Keith Szarabajka
Timothy Crocker

Sy Richardson
Captain Hornsby

Xander Berkeley
Byron Cole

John Diehl
Stebbins

Peter Boyle
Cornelius Vanderbilt

Marlee Matlin
Ellen Martin

Alfonso Arau
Raousset
Walker is a drama, history, western film released in 1987 exploring themes of small town, cannon, sword, mexican standoff, horse, gore. Directed by Alex Cox, it stars Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois. William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
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