The Professionals (film)
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| The Professionals | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | Richard Brooks |
| Produced by | Richard Brooks |
| Written by | Richard Brooks Frank O'Rourke (novel A Mule for the Marquesa) |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Lee Marvin Robert Ryan |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 2, 1966 U.S. release |
| Running time | 117 min |
| Language | English |
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The Professionals is a 1966 Western movie directed by Richard Brooks. A late setting kidnap-rescue story, it has a small group of experts heading into Mexico to rescue the wife of a wealthy Texan from several hundred bandits. The professionals are Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode; the bandits are led by Jack Palance; the kidnapped wife is Claudia Cardinale and her husband is played by Ralph Bellamy.
The film was written and directed by Richard Brooks, who was nominated for Academy Awards for directing and writing. The cinematography, by Conrad Hall, was nominated for an Oscar.
It was filmed partly in Death Valley and Valley of Fire showing the latter prominently.
The Professionals was based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke.
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| Films directed by Richard Brooks |
| Crisis | The Light Touch | Deadline - U.S.A. | Battle Circus | Take the High Ground! | Flame and the Flesh | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Blackboard Jungle | The Last Hunt | The Catered Affair | Something of Value | The Brothers Karamazov | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Elmer Gantry | Sweet Bird of Youth | Lord Jim | The Professionals | In Cold Blood | The Happy Ending | $ | Bite the Bullet | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Wrong Is Right | Fever Pitch |
