Rating: R
Genre: Action
Theatrical Release: 12/04/1987(USA)
Release Date: 02/19/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

Alex Cox directed this hallucinatory bio-pic starring Ed Harris as 19th-century American adventurer William Walker, who abandoned a series of careers in law, politics, journalism, and medicine to become a soldier of fortune and eventually a Nicaraguan dictator. When his deaf wife (Marlee Matlin) dies of cholera (but not before she utilizes sign language to tell Walker "To Hell with Manifest Destiny"), Walker is backed by multi-millionaire banker Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle) to lead a band of mercenaries to Nicaragua in 1855 to make the country safe for Vanderbilt's steamships. When Walker subdues the Nicaraguan opposition, he sets himself up as president and rules the country with unfeeling repression. Finally the Nicaraguans rise up against him, figuring out that "the mad gringo is ripping us off."

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Ed Harris - William Walker
Marlee Matlin - Ellen Martin
Peter Boyle - Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Keith Szarabajka - Timothy Crocker
Blanca Guerra - Yrena
Richard Masur - Ephraim Squier
Sy Richardson - Capt. Hornsby
René Auberjonois - Maj. Siegfried Henningson
Xander Berkeley - Bryon Cole
John Diehl - Stebbins
Pedro Armendariz, Jr. - Munoz
Roberto Lopez Espinoza - Mayorga
Gerritt Graham - Norvell Walker
William O'Leary - James Walker
Alan Bolt - Don Domingo
Miguel Sandoval - Parker French

Production:
Alex Cox - Director
Angel Flores Marini Lorenzo O'Brien Edward R. Pressman Carlos Alvarez - Producer
Joe Strummer - Composer
Alex Cox Carlos Puente - Editor
Rudolph Wurlitzer Alex Cox - Screen Writer
Suzie Frischette Bryce Perrin - Set Designer
Cecilia Montiel - Art Director
Jorge Sainz - Art Director
Miguel Sandoval - Casting
Victoria Thomas - Casting
David Bridges - Cinematographer
Denis Crossan - Cinematographer
Rafael (Felo) Ruiz - Cinematographer
Steven Fierberg - Cinematographer
Tom Richmond - Cinematographer
Pam Tait - Costume Designer
Theda Deramus - Costume Designer
Edward R. Pressman - Executive Producer
Mary Ellen Woods - First Assistant Director
Carlos Alvarez - Line Producer
Morag Ross - Makeup
Bruno Rubeo - Production Designer
J. Rae Fox - Production Designer
Miguel Sandoval - Second Unit Director
John Pritchett - Sound/Sound Designer
Joseph Geisinger - Sound/Sound Designer
Peter Glossop - Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Beggs - Sound/Sound Designer
Marcellino Pacheco Guzman - Special Effects
Rick Barker - Stunts
Debbie Diaz - Associate Producer