Walker [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Alex Cox Alex Cox

Overview

Alex Cox directed this hallucinatory bio-pic starring Ed Harris as 19th-century American adventurer William Walker, who abandoned a series of careers in law, politics, journalism, and medicine to become a soldier of fortune and eventually a Nicaraguan dictator. When his deaf wife (Marlee Matlin) dies of cholera (but not before she utilizes sign language to tell Walker "To Hell with Manifest Destiny"), Walker is backed by multi-millionaire banker Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle) to lead a band of mercenaries to Nicaragua in 1855 to make the country safe for Vanderbilt's steamships. When Walker subdues the Nicaraguan opposition, he sets himself up as president and rules the country with unfeeling repression. Finally the Nicaraguans rise up against him, figuring out that "the mad gringo is ripping us off."

Product Details

Release Date:	04/12/2022
UPC:	0715515270618
Original Release:	1987
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Sales rank:	9,135

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ed Harris	William Walker,District Attorney
Richard Masur	Ephraim Squier
Rene Auberjonois	Maj. Siegfried Henningson
Keith Szarabajka	Timothy Crocker
Sy Richardson	Capt. Hornsby
Xander Berkeley	Bryon Cole
John Diehl	Stebbins
Peter Boyle	Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Marlee Matlin	Ellen Martin
Alfonso Arau	Raousset
Pedro Armendariz Jr.	Munoz
Roberto Lopez Espinoza	Mayorga
Gerrit Graham	Norvell Walker
William O'Leary	James Walker
Blanca Guerra	Yrena
Alan Bolt	Don Domingo
Miguel Sandoval	Parker French
Joe Strummer	Faucet,Composer
Bennet Guillory	Achilles Kewen
Norbert Weisser	Prange
Bruce Wright	Anderson
Richard Edson	Turley
Charley Braun	Bruno Van Namzer
Linda Callahan	Mrs. Bingham
Milton Selzer	Judge
Richard Zobel	Lemuel
Ren Woods	Alta Kewen
Frederick Neumann	Wiley Marshall
David Hayman	Father Rossiter
Edward Tudor Pole	Doubleday
Sharon Barr	Darlene
Kathy Burke	Annie Mae
Enrique Beraza	Corral
Luis Contreras	Benito
Eddie Pansullo	Maj. Angus,Maj. Angus
Jack Slater	Sanders
Spider Stacey	Davenport
Del Zamora	Padre Vigil
Biff Yeager	Rudler
William Utay	Fry
George Belanger	Assistant Deputy
Zander Schloss	Huey
William Rothlein	Dewey
David Chung	Lul
Paulino Rodriguez	Castellon
Dick Rude	Washburn
Rudolph Wurlitzer	Morgan
Bob Tzudiker	Garrison
Nestor Mendez Garcia	Mendez
Rick Barker	Breckenridge
J.D. Silvester	Huston
Robert Dickman	Company Man
Joe Celeste	Jury Foreman
Martin Aylett	Reporter
Ramon Alvarez	Reporter
Raymund Kettless	Reporter
Tom Collins	Reporter
Louis Mathews	Priest
Dexter Taylor	Liverpool
Michele Winstanley	Maid
René Assa	Dr. Jones
Pedro Armendariz, Jr.	Munoz
Spider Stacy	Davenport
Pedro Armendariz	Actor

Technical Credits

Alex Cox

Rudy Wurlitzer

Rick Barker	Stunts
Alex Cox	Director,Screenwriter
Marcellino Pacheco Guzman	Special Effects
Angel Flores Marini	Producer
Lorenzo O'Brien	Producer
Edward R. Pressman	Executive Producer,Producer
Rudy Wurlitzer	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Carlos Álvarez	Producer
Victoria Thomas	Casting
Miguel Sandoval	Casting
Peter Glossop	Sound/Sound Designer
John Pritchett	Sound/Sound Designer
Joseph Geisinger	Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Beggs	Sound/Sound Designer