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Sorcerer

Sorcerer

Four men...outlaws thrown together by fate...share a fantastic adventure and risk the only thing they have left to lose.

19777.42h 2m

Overview

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

Directed by William Friedkin
Written by Georges Arnaud, Walon Green, William Friedkin
Produced by William Friedkin
Box OfficeBudget: $22.0MRevenue: $9.0M

Top Cast

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Scanlon / "Dominguez"

Bruno Cremer

Bruno Cremer

Victor Manzon / "Serrano"

Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal

Nilo

Amidou

Amidou

Kassem / "Martinez"

Ramon Bieri

Ramon Bieri

Corlette

Peter Capell

Peter Capell

Lartigue

Karl John

Karl John

"Marquez"

Friedrich von Ledebur

Friedrich von Ledebur

"Carlos"

C

Chico Martínez

Bobby del Rios

Joe Spinell

Joe Spinell

Spider

Themes & Keywords

life and deathnew jerseyparis, francebased on novel or bookcentral and south americaexplosivedynamitecar journeyjerusalemcynicismnicaraguasinnitroglycerinremakefatepurgatoryoilpovertyterrorismexplosionchurchcriminalcentral americasouth americabanditdeathdestinyrope bridgeoil wellexistentialismnervous

About Sorcerer

Sorcerer is a thriller, adventure, drama film released in 1977 exploring themes of life and death, new jersey, paris, france, based on novel or book, central and south america, explosive. Directed by William Friedkin, it stars Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal. Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

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