Sorcerer

Sorcerer (1977)

03/11/2017 (GB)
Thriller, Adventure, Drama
2h 1m

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

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.

  • William FriedkinDirector, Screenplay
  • Walon GreenScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $22,000,000

  • Revenue

    $9,000,000

Keywords

  • life and death
  • based on novel or book
  • central and south america
  • explosive
  • dynamite
  • car journey
  • cynicism
  • nicaragua
  • sin
  • nitroglycerin
  • remake
  • fate
  • purgatory
  • oil
  • poverty
  • terrorism
  • explosion
  • criminal
  • central america
  • south america
  • bandit
  • death
  • destiny
  • rope bridge
  • oil well
  • existentialism

Top Billed 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"

Chico Martínez

Bobby del Rios

Joe Spinell

Joe Spinell

Spider

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