Sorcerer
Four men...outlaws thrown together by fate...share a fantastic adventure and risk the only thing they have left to lose.
1977 | 121m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | William Friedkin |
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| Writer: | William Friedkin, Walon Green, Georges Arnaud |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 24, 1977 |
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| Director: | William Friedkin |
| Writer: | William Friedkin, Walon Green, Georges Arnaud |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | life and death, based on novel or book, central and south america, dynamite, explosive, car journey, cynicism, nicaragua, nitroglycerin, sin, remake, purgatory, oil, fate, poverty, terrorism, explosion, criminal, central america, south america, bandit, death, destiny, rope bridge, oil well, existentialism |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Film Properties International |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $9,000,000
Budget: $22,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jun 21, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Roy Scheider | Scanlon / "Dominguez" |
| Bruno Cremer | Victor Manzon / "Serrano" |
| Francisco Rabal | Nilo |
| Amidou | Kassem / "Martinez" |
| Ramon Bieri | Corlette |
| Peter Capell | Lartigue |
| Karl John | "Marquez" |
| Friedrich von Ledebur | "Carlos" |
| Chico Martínez | Bobby del Rios |
| Joe Spinell | Spider |
| Rosario Almontes | Agrippa |
| Richard Holley | Billy White |
| Anne-Marie Deschodt | Blanche |
| Jean-Luc Bideau | Pascal |
| Jacques François | Lefevre |
| André Falcon | Guillot |
| Gerard Murphy | Donnelly |
| Desmond Crofton | Boyle |
| Henry Diamond | Murray |
| Ray Dittrich | Ben |
| Frank Gio | Marty |
| Randy Jurgensen | Vinnie |
| Cosmo Allegretti | Carlo Ricci |
| Nick Discenza | Father Ricci (uncredited) |
| Frank Pesce | Married Man (uncredited) |
| Tom Signorelli | Bystander (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Friedkin | Screenplay, Director |
| Walon Green | Screenplay |
| John M. Stephens | Director of Photography |
| Colin C. Mouat | Sound Editor |
| Gary Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Aaron Levy | Sound Designer |
| John Box | Production Design |
| Dick Bush | Director of Photography |
| Larry Carow | Sound Editor |
| Roy Walker | Art Direction |
| Roberto Bakker | Production Manager |
| Marvin Peck | Technical Advisor |
| Richard Tyler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Albert M. Shapiro | Second Assistant Director |
| Gaylin P. Schultz | Key Grip |
| Mike Weathers | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Pat Blymyer | Gaffer |
| Ned Humphreys | Assistant Editor |
| Gene Anderson | Assistant Property Master |
| John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Ben Nye Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Ron Nagle | Other |
| Whitey Ellison | Transportation Coordinator |
| Bud S. Smith | Second Unit Director, Editor |
| Robert K. Lambert | Music Editor, Editor |
| Roger Sword | Sound Editor |
| Robert W. Laing | Set Decoration |
| Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Nanette Siegert | Production Secretary |
| Ken Pattenden | Construction Coordinator |
| Doug Millett | Construction Coordinator |
| Jean-Louis Ducarme | Sound Recordist |
| Robert Norin | Makeup Artist |
| Richard Holley | Pilot |
| Cynthia Scheider | Assistant Editor |
| Verne Caruso | Hairdresser |
| Bernie Schwartz | Grip |
| Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Barry Bedig | Property Master |
| Newt Arnold | First Assistant Director |
| Jere Huggins | Assistant Editor |
| Scott Matthews | Other |
| John Norin | Makeup Artist |
| Marv Ystrom | Visual Effects |
| Charles A. Ogle | Production Accountant |
| Paul Roedl | Assistant Accountant |
| Tangerine Dream | Music |
| Georges Arnaud | Novel |
| Anthony Powell | Costume Design |
| Henri-Georges Clouzot | Thanks |
| Mark Johnson | Second Assistant Director |
| Gerard Murphy | Unit Manager |
| Bud Ekins | Stunt Coordinator |
| Charles L. Campbell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Edgar Froese | Original Music Composer |
| Christopher Franke | Original Music Composer |
| Nick Dimitri | Stunts |
| Leslie Tomkins | Draughtsman |
| Roni Ya'ackov | Production Manager |
| Lindsley Parsons Jr. | Production Manager |
| Dennis Maitland | Sound Mixer |
| Patrick Gordon | Unit Production Manager |
| Allan Bromberg | Assistant Sound Editor |
| George Ressler | Grip |
| Pericles Mejía | Production Assistant |
| Jean-Guy Jacques | Title Designer |
| James Perdue | Boom Operator |
| Ronald Vidor | Underwater Camera, Camera Operator |
| Bob Larson | Production Executive |
| Mickey Knox | Dialogue Coach |
| Miguel Gil | First Assistant Director |
| Shaun O'Dell | Clapper Loader |
| Louis DiGiaimo | Casting |
| James M. Sheppherd | Grip |
| Michael Simpson | Assistant Camera |
| Jean-Paul Mugel | Boom Operator |
| Tony Parmelee | Special Effects |
| Ricardo Gallarzo Jr. | Driver |
| Michael Garfath | Focus Puller |
| Gene Clinesmith | Transportation Co-Captain |
| William Kenney | Grip |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bud S. Smith | Associate Producer |
| William Friedkin | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 36 | 61 | 20 |
| 2024 | 5 | 67 | 81 | 52 |
| 2024 | 6 | 48 | 68 | 17 |
| 2024 | 7 | 32 | 51 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 11 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 778 | 852 |