Sorcerer
1977 · Movie · PG · 122 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Based on The Wages of Fear, Le Salaire de la peur
Also known as The Wages of Fear
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Details
- Years
- 1977
- Release date
- 1977-06-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 122 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (654 votes)
- Box office
- $12,006,232
- Budget
- $21,600,000
Themes
- life and death
- new jersey
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- central and south america
- explosive
- dynamite
- car journey
- jerusalem
- cynicism
- nicaragua
- sin
- +19 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1978 · nominated
Cast & crew
Roy Scheider
as Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
Bruno Cremer
as Victor Manzon / 'Serrano'
Francisco Rabal
as Nilo
Amidou
as Kassem / 'Martinez'
Ramon Bieri
as Corlette
Peter Capell
as Lartigue
Karl John
as 'Marquez'
Friedrich von Ledebur
as 'Carlos'
- CM
Chico Martínez
as Bobby del Rios
Joe Spinell
as Spider
Directed by William Friedkin