The Professionals (1966)
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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 14 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Palance, Ralph Bellamy
Director: Richard Brooks
Story: Frank O'Rourke
Screenwriter: Richard Brooks
Producer: Richard Brooks
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Story: Frank O'Rourke
Screenwriter: Richard Brooks
Producer: Richard Brooks
Composer: Maurice Jarre
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A truly adventuresome, action-filled film that is played more for thrills than for conveying a story.
04/08/08
Exciting explosive sequences, good overall pacing and acting overcome a sometimes thin script.
04/08/08
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It was comprehensively eclipsed by Peckinpah's ostensibly similar The Wild Bunch.
06/24/06
A rock-solid piece of Western Adventure entertainment. Marvin, Lancaster & Palance!
04/06/05
It's a little dated and has a few shot-on-bad-studio-set moments, but on the whole it's an impressive film, even if you don't normally care for Westerns.
06/22/03
It's far too entertaining to be lumped in with portentous epics like Dances With Wolves and How The West Was Won.
05/24/03
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Jack Palance, who made a career out of bullying good guys and portraying stern, craggy-faced menaces, died Friday....
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