The Mercenary (film)

The Mercenary
Directed bySergio Corbucci
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced byAlberto Grimaldi[1]
Starring
CinematographyAlejandro Ulloa[1]
Edited byEugenio Alabiso[1]
Music by
Production
companies
  • PEA
  • Produzioni Associate Delphos
  • Profilms 21[1]
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 20 December 1968 (1968-12-20) (Italy)
Countries
Box office₤1.101 billion ITL (Italy)[2]

The Mercenary (Italian: Il mercenario), known in the UK as A Professional Gun, is a 1968 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film stars Franco Nero, Jack Palance, Tony Musante, Eduardo Fajardo, and Giovanna Ralli, and features a musical score by Ennio Morricone, taking inspiration from his work in Guns for San Sebastian, and Bruno Nicolai.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Hughes 2004, p. 205.
  2. ^ Fisher, Austin (2014). Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema. I.B.Tauris. p. 220.