Walker

Walker

Before Rambo... Before Oliver North...

R 1987 · 95 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, History, Western

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.

Directed by Alex Cox · Written by Rudy Wurlitzer

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