The Professionals (1966)

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• Ken S

  
  This is Badass.<br/><br/>Jack Palance as a mexican<br/>Lee Marvin as Lee Marvin<br/>A mine car chase<br/>Exploding arrows<br/>The glorious cleavage of Claudia Cardinale

• Randy T

  
  <i>Son of the Magnificent Seven</i> - With few exceptions, westerns tend to follow a basic formula: bad guys, good guys, horses & guns. <i>The Professionals</i> isn't deep or cerebral but it is entertaining. A star-studded genre classic.

• jay n

  
  Good cast, ordinary western.

• Tim S

  
  A fine western. It's just too bad that it can be slow up until the middle of the film.

• Chris W

  
  What keeps this from getting 4.5 stars is that while the script is pretty good, it's just a bt too routine as far as the story goes. Everything else about this movie, however, is top notch. Just the cast alone makes this movie worth seeing. The fact that they all give good… More
  What keeps this from getting 4.5 stars is that while the script is pretty good, it's just a bt too routine as far as the story goes. Everything else about this movie, however, is top notch. Just the cast alone makes this movie worth seeing. The fact that they all give good performances makes this even more worthwhile. The music and camera work as rousing and stunning, respectively, and the direction is not too shabby. Check this out if you can find it, it's good, solid, and fun action-packed entertainment with a good amount of humor to top it all off.

• Jeffrey M

  
  This is the sort of action/adventure story they don't make anymore, one with character and charm. It also works as a fine western, with a star studded cast for 60s cinema. Very relevant themes of today are found, such as dealing with those who attach meaning to war, and the… More
  This is the sort of action/adventure story they don't make anymore, one with character and charm. It also works as a fine western, with a star studded cast for 60s cinema. Very relevant themes of today are found, such as dealing with those who attach meaning to war, and the ambiguous nature of conflict in general.

• Andre T

  
  American western starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin and Claudia Cardinale. The film, which was written and directed by Richard Brooks, was based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke. It received three nominations at the 1967 Academy Awards. In the latter… More
  American western starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin and Claudia Cardinale. The film, which was written and directed by Richard Brooks, was based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke. It received three nominations at the 1967 Academy Awards. In the latter period of the Mexican Revolution, Rancher J.W. Grant (Ralph Bellamy) hires four men, who are all experts in their respective fields, to rescue his kidnapped wife, Maria (Claudia Cardinale) from Jesus Raza (Jack Palance), a former Mexican Revolutionary leader turned bandit. Team leader Henry "Rico" Fardan (Lee Marvin) is a weapons specialist, Bill Dolworth (Burt Lancaster) is an explosives expert, the horse wrangler is Hans Ehrengard (Robert Ryan) and Jake Sharp (Woody Strode) is a scout with traditional Apache skills, particularly with a bow and arrow. Fardan and Dolworth, having both fought under the command of Pancho Villa, have a high regard for Raza as a soldier. But they are hard and cynical professionals so they have no qualms about killing him now. Pure western fun, with great cinematography and the beautiful presence of Claudia Cardinale.

• Jonny C

  
  Excellent Western. Four grizzled vets head down to Mexico to face off with baddie Jack Palance and rescue bombshell Claudia Cardinale. The Professionals is well written and highly entertaining, with an all-star cast lead by super bad-ass Lee Marvin. I loved the chemistry between… More
  Excellent Western. Four grizzled vets head down to Mexico to face off with baddie Jack Palance and rescue bombshell Claudia Cardinale. The Professionals is well written and highly entertaining, with an all-star cast lead by super bad-ass Lee Marvin. I loved the chemistry between Marvin and Lancaster, and the subtle performances from Robert Ryan and Woody Strode. The Professionals may not be as good as it's predecessor The Magnificent Seven, but it comes very close.

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