Walker (1987)
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
Top billed cast
Ed HarrisWilliam Walker
Richard MasurEphraim Squier
René AuberjonoisMaj. Siegfried Hennington
Keith SzarabajkaTimothy Crocker
Sy RichardsonCaptain Hornsby
Xander BerkeleyByron Cole
John DiehlStebbins
Peter BoyleCornelius Vanderbilt
Marlee MatlinEllen Martin
Alfonso ArauRaousset
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