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The Professionals is a 1966 American Western film directed, produced, and written by Richard Brooks, starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Claudia Cardinale, and Robert Ryan. Its main subject is the Mexican Revolution, with a narrative location of Mexico and filming in California. It features cinematography by Conrad Hall, editing by Peter Zinner, a score by Maurice Jarre, and production design by Ted Haworth.
Distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix, the film ran 117 minutes and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
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7.1An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Dolworth
- Lee Marvin as Fardan
- Robert Ryan as Ehrengard
- Woody Strode as Jake
- Jack Palance as Jesus Raza
- Claudia Cardinale as Maria
Themes
- rescue
- plan
- mexico
- kidnapping
- desert
- mexican bandit
- escape plan
- bazat pe carte
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
20,590 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 1966
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 wins & 9 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Brooks
- Written by
- Richard Brooks
- Based on
- A Mule for the Marquesa , (1964 novel), by Frank O'Rourke
- Produced by
- Richard Brooks
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster Lee Marvin Robert Ryan Woody Strode Jack Palance Ralph Bellamy Claudia Cardinale
- Cinematography
- Conrad L. Hall
- Edited by
- Peter Zinner
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- Pax Enterprises
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release date
- November 4, 1966 ( 1966-11-04 )
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Box office
- $19.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Mexican Revolution
- Director
- Richard Brooks
- Cast member
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Richard Brooks
- Cinematographer
- Conrad Hall
- Narrative location
- Mexico
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 484648
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- Commons category
- The Professionals (1966 film)
- publication date
- 1966-11-02
- film editor
- Peter Zinner
- title
- The Professionals
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- production designer
- Ted Haworth
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- review score
- 90%
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Encyclopedic overview
The Professionals is a 1966 American revisionist Western film written, directed, and produced by Richard Brooks and starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode, with Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale and Ralph Bellamy in supporting roles. Based on the 1964 novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke, it is about four mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped bride amidst the Mexican Revolution.
The film was a critical and commercial success. At the 39th Academy Awards, the film received nominations for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography – Color. It was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama.
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