The Professionals
The Professionals ★★★½ 1966 (PG-13)
Action and adventure count for more than a story line in this exciting western about four mercenaries hired by a wealthy cattle baron to rescue his young wife from Mexican kidnappers. Breathtaking photography recreates turnofthecentury Mexico in this adaptation of the Frank O'Rourke novel. 117m/C VHS, DVD . Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Palance, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Ralph Bellamy; D: Richard Brooks; W: Richard Brooks; C: Conrad L. Hall; M: Maurice Jarre.
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