Sorcerer 1977

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 121 min

genre: action

theme: neo-noir

director: William Friedkin

Score: 6 / 10

Sorcerer is a 1977 American neo-noir action drama thriller film produced and directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. It is the second adaptation of Georges Arnaud's 1950 French novel Le Salaire de la peur.

Plot

The film opens with a prologue that consists of four segments described by critics as "vignettes". They show the principal characters in different parts of the world and provide their backstories.

Cast

More details

author	Walon Green
director	William Friedkin
editor	Bud S. Smith Robert K. Lambert
genre	action adventure drama thriller
keywords	american oil company attempted robbery bingo build business partner capture catholic church catholic church in the united states central america charwoman church colombian passport connect damascus gate dynamite edit emigration emigration from colombia extreme poverty fake id force gang member internal conflict irish gang irish mob israel defense forces italian-american mafia italian mafia jerusalem kill lose meet nazi war criminal nazis in south america new jersey oil company oil well old friend only way paris stock exchange petroleum industry in the united states principal remote village resistance fighter silence stock exchange surround wait war criminal wound
musicBy	Tangerine Dream
producer	William Friedkin
productionCompany	Cinema International Corporation
publisher	Paramount Pictures Universal Pictures
theme	neo-noir