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Some bad movies are in no hurry to announce themselves, but Walker declares its badness right from the opening titles.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Walker
Before Rambo... Before Oliver North...
1987 · 1h 35m · R
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Alex Cox
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Walker
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Alex Cox Director
- Ed Harris as William Walker
- Richard Masur as Ephraim Squier
- René Auberjonois as Maj. Siegfried Hennington
- Keith Szarabajka as Timothy Crocker
- Sy Richardson as Captain Hornsby
- Xander Berkeley as Byron Cole
- John Diehl as Stebbins
- Peter Boyle as Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Marlee Matlin as Ellen Martin
- Alfonso Arau as Raousset
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