Sorcerer (1977)

Review: Sorcerer (1977)

Director: William Friedkin

Cast: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri,

Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider
Bruno Cremer
Bruno Cremer
Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal
Amidou
Amidou
Ramon Bieri
Ramon Bieri

Plot: 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 dangerous jungle terrain.

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