"Before Rambo... Before Oliver North..."

1987

1h 34m

6.4(77 votes)

Drama

History

Western

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.

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Cast & Crew

54 members

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Ed Harris

William Walker

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Richard Masur

Ephraim Squier

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René Auberjonois

Maj. Siegfried Hennington

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Keith Szarabajka

Timothy Crocker

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Sy Richardson

Captain Hornsby

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Xander Berkeley

Byron Cole

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John Diehl

Stebbins

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Peter Boyle

Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Marlee Matlin

Ellen Martin

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Alfonso Arau

Raousset

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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Munoz

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Gerrit Graham

Norvell Walker

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William O'Leary

James Walker

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Blanca Guerra

Yrena

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Miguel Sandoval

Parker French

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René Assa

Doctor

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Dick Rude

Washburn

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Zander Schloss

Huey

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Joe Strummer

Faucet

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Michèle Winstanley

Maid

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Fox Harris

District Attorney

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Norbert Weisser

Prange

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Bennet Guillory

Achilles Kewen

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Richard Edson

Turley

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Karl Braun

Bruno Van Namzer

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Linda Callahan

Mrs. Bingham

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Milton Selzer

Judge

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Richard Zobel

Lemuel

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Ren Woods

Alta Kewen

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Frederick Neumann

Wiley Marshall

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David Hayman

Father Rossiter

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Edward Tudor-Pole

Doubleday

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Sharon Barr

Darlene

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Kathy Burke

Annie Mae

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Enrique Beraza

Corral

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Luis Contreras

Benito

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Ed Pansullo

Major Angus

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Jack Slater

Sanders

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Spider Stacey

Davenport

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Del Zamora

Padre Vigil

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Biff Yeager

Rudler

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William Utay

Fry

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George Belanger

Assistant Deputy

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William Rothlein

Dewey

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David Chung

Lui

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Writing

Rudy Wurlitzer

Morgan

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Bob Tzudiker

Garrison

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J.D. Silvester

Huston

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Robert Dickman

Company man

Camera

Joe Celeste

Jury foreman

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Martin Aylett

1st reporter

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Ramón Álvarez

2nd reporter

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Raymond Kettless

3rd reporter

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Tom Collins

4th reporter

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