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The Professionals
1966
A wealthy rancher, Frank Carter (Ralph Bellamy), hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) who is being held captive by Captain Rasa (Jack Palance), one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries, in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution of 1917. .. Read more
| Starring | Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Claudia Cardinale |
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| Director | Richard Brooks |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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The Professionals
A wealthy rancher, Frank Carter (Ralph Bellamy), hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) who is being held captive by Captain Rasa (Jack Palance), one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries, in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution of 1917. The wild West commando team consists of a dynamite expert (Burt Lancaster), an ex-revolutionary and munitions expert (Lee Marvin), a horse specialist (Robert Ryan), and a tracker (Woody Strode). On their mission to return Carter's highly prized wife, they track the Mexican revolutionaries through rough and rugged desert terrain, determined to outsmart, outshoot, and outride anyone they come across--until they meet the the charismatic Rasa and discover that Carter's seductive wife is in love with the Mexican outlaw and has no intention of returning with the band of 'professionals'. Based on the novel A MULE FOR THE MARQUESA by Frank O'Rourke, this beautifully rendered Western features a star-studded cast delivering finely crafted and charismatic performances. Burt Lancaster is at his acrobatic and mercurial best as the rowdy gunslinger.
| Starring | Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Claudia Cardinale |
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| Director | Richard Brooks |
| Studio | COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish Blu-ray: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1966 To Rent: DVD: 16 Jun 2003 Blu-ray: 23 Jun 2008 |
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Bellamy: 'You bastard!' Marvin: 'In my case an accident of birth, but you, sir, are a self-made man'. Brooks could... read more on Time Out
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"Let's go to work"
Lee Marvin is quite simply, the man. Next to 'Point Blank', he is at his hardest in this thrilling and hilarious little western. Snappy little character... read more »
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Seen worse but not much
Great scenery nicely filmed. Good cast did their best but even they couldn't overcome a banal plot and puerile script.
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A western as should be
I have seen this movie before but wanted to see it again,again. Can not be faulted. Good story, acting. All top actors.
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The Professionals: after you've seen it once: you'll want to see it again. That's the way they made films in those days
and every actor ... read more » - 1029264
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A wealthy rancher, Frank Carter (Ralph Bellamy), hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) who is being held captive by Captain Rasa (Jack Palance), one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries, in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of ...
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A wealthy rancher, Frank Carter (Ralph Bellamy), hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) who is being held captive by Captain Rasa (Jack Palance), one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries, in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of ...
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