Sorcerer

Theatrical - Wide 1977-06-24

Cast Roy Scheider Francisco Rabal Jean-Luc Bideau Gerard Murphy Frank Gio
Directed by William Friedkin
Written by Walon Green William Friedkin

Box Office Gross: $9,000,000

Running Time: 122 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Film Properties International

Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller

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Synopsis

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... See more dangerous jungle terrain.

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