The Mercenary

According to Quentin Tarantino, Sergio Corbucci is one of the greatest Western directors of all time. And after watching the Italian auteur's barnstorming 1968 masterpiece "The Mercenary," you'll be hard pressed to disagree. "Django" icon Franco Nero stars as a laid-back gun-for-hire who agrees to help a wannabe revolutionary (Tony Musante, "The Bird With the Crystal Plumage") put his plans into practice. Hot on their trail, however, is the wickedly camp Curly (Jack Palance, "City Slickers") who's determined to snag a share of their ever increasing booty. Blending bullet-sprayed action with waggish dialogue, and a simply stunning Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolai score, "The Mercenary" proudly stands at the top of the Zapata Western subgenre. a lip-smacking, gorgeously lensed treat!