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Walker

1987

Alex Cox

Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka ...

5.4

286

Adventure. Western. Action This is the true story of William Walker (Ed Harris), the American adventurer who once ruled as the self-declared president of Nicaragua (1856-57). In 1853, soldier-of-fortune Walker flees Mexico after a failed attempt to incite an armed insurrection. Due to popular support for his beliefs about spreading Americanism to other countries, Walker is acquitted of legal wrongdoing. His plans to marry and start a newspaper end when his ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A hip, cool, political satire that's almost as lunatic as the title character. (...) 'Walker' is witty, rather than laugh-out-loud funny. Without being solemn, it's deadly serious. It's also provocative (...) is something very rare in American movies these days. It has some nerve."	POS

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