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. All is being financed by an American multimillionaire who has his own interest in this country.

Walker (1987)
  • Rating: (1,573 votes)
  • Tagline:Before Rambo... Before Oliver North... »
  • Runtime:94 minutes
  • Director: Alex Cox
  • Countries:USA, Mexico, Spain
  • Actors:
    William Walker
    Ed Harris
    Ephraim Squier
    Richard Masur
    Maj. Siegfried Hennington
    Rene Auberjonois
    Timothy Crocker
    Keith Szarabajka
    Capt. Hornsby
    Sy Richardson
    Byron Cole
    Xander Berkeley
    Stebbins
    John Diehl
    Cornelius Vanderbilt
    Peter Boyle
    Ellen Martin
    Marlee Matlin
    Raousset
    Alfonso Arau
  • Genres:Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War, Western
  • Producers:
    Debbie Diaz
    associate producer  
    Angel Flores Marini
    producer  
    Michael Flynn
    associate producer  
    Lorenzo O'Brien
    producer  
    Edward R. Pressman
    executive producer  
    Carlos Álvarez
    line producer  
  • Plot: 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. All is being financed by an American multimillionaire who has his own interest in this country. Written by Volker Boehm
Walker
  • User's comment:Bravura by Andy44

    Visionary movie-making. I will not write any spoiler, so I can't describe the brilliant way Cox expresses his story with some mind-bending visual and verbal devices. Some might dismiss it as trickery, but I think of it as magical realism.

    William Walker was a real person and his "liberation" of Nicaragua did take place, roughly as shown in this movie. Cox and Wurlitzer took some major liberties with historic details- perhaps for narrative pace, budget reasons, or whatever. I read quite a lot about Walker and Nicaragua after seeing this movie and there's no distortion for ideological reasons.

    If you value originality, subtlety, honesty and an occasional slap in the face, see this movie. I envy first-time viewers.


  • Quotes: Yrena: I have a weakness for small men. Small puritans obsessed by power. Yrena: You were very good last night. Not great, but for a gringo good enough. William Walker: One must act with severity, or perish.
  • Also known as: Walker (Austria), Walker (France - imdb display title), Walker (West Germany), Os Imortais (Portugal - imdb display title), Tuhoisku (Finland), Walker (Una historia verdadera) (Spain - imdb display title), Walker - una storia vera (Italy), Walker o kataktitis (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title),

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