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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.
The Professionals was based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke.
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Western films | 1966 films | Films directed by Richard Brooks
"The Professionals (film)"