''The Last Mercenary'' is a

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

Spanish/West German/Italian

international co-production A co-production is a joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint vent ...

of a modern-day

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

. It was directed by

Mel Welles Ira W. Meltcher (February 17, 1924 – August 19, 2005), known by the stage name Mel Welles, was an American actor, voice artist and film director. He was best known to for his work with filmmaker Roger Corman, most notably as hapless flower shop ...

who was uncredited for financial funding reasons.Paul, Louis ''Mel Welles Interview'' ''Tales from the Cult Film Trenches Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema'' McFarland, 06/09/2007 The film was shot in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

and Spain.

Plot

Following service in the

Congo Crisis The Congo Crisis () was a period of Crisis, political upheaval and war, conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The crisis began almost ...

, two

mercenary A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather t ...

comrades in arms go their separate ways to new assignments. Mark Anderson flies to

where he is hired to protect mineral mines in the interior of Brazil from saboteurs. The saboteurs have hired his friend.

Cast

Ray Danton Ray Danton (born Raymond Caplan; September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992) was an American radio, film, stage, and television actor, director, and producer whose most famous roles were in the screen biographies ''The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamo ...

- Mark/Marco Anderson * Pascale Petit - Maria *

Günther Stoll Günther Stoll (Duisburg, 18 August 1924 – Gelsenkirchen, 10 January 1977) was a German actor. Partial filmography * ''Liebe, wie die Frau sie wünscht'' (1957) .... Toni * ''Epitafios gia ehthrous kai filous'' (1965) .... Captain Ivanov * ' ...

- The Man in Black *

George Rigaud Pedro Jorge Rigato Delissetche,George Rigaud
Cinenacional.com better known by his stage names George Rigaud, G ...

- Manuel de Lagos *

Inma de Santis Inma de Santis (February 24, 1959 – December 21, 1989) was a Spanish film and television actress. She died on 21 December 1989 in Villa Cisneros at the age of thirty following an off-road vehicle accident while on holiday in the Sahara Desert. ...

- Isabel *

Vicente Roca Vicente is a Spanish and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Places *São Vicente, Cape Verde, an i ...

- Gomez *

Carl Möhner Carl Martin Rudolf Möhner (11 August 1921 – 14 January 2005) was an Austrian film actor, director, screenwriter and painter. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1949 and 1976. His most famous roles were as Jo "le Suédois" in the 19 ...

- Steinmann * Piero Sciumè - Felipe *Salvo Basile - Mine foreman *

- Head villain

References

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