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    Professionals, The (1966)

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    Four soldiers of fortune are hired to rescue the wife of a cattle baron, who is being held by a ruthless Mexican bandit. But, after a gruelling ride across frontier country to the bandit’s stronghold, the mercenaries discover their mission is not all that it seems.

    Grittily shot in canyon country, bursting with violence and with pit stops for pithy philosophising, this is one of the last westerns one can call a “classic”.

    With more than a passing nod to The Magnificent Seven (1960), made six years earlier, Richard Brooks’s action-filled addition to the genre was a box-office smash, repairing the damage that the flop Lord Jim had done to his reputation two years before.

    Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode are the magnificent four, flawed and fearsome, hired to rescue Claudia Cardinale from the clutches of manic Mexican bandit Jack Palance.

    Prolific film composer Maurice Jarre provides a suitably evocative score.

    Bill Dolworth
    Burt Lancaster
    Henry Rico Farden
    Lee Marvin
    Hans Ehrengard
    Robert Ryan
    Captain Jesus Raza
    Jack Palance
    Maria Grant
    Claudia Cardinale
    JW Grant
    Ralph Bellamy
    Jacob Sharp
    Woody Strode
    Ortega
    Joe De Santis
    Fierro
    Rafael Bertrand
    Padilla
    Jorge Martinez de Hoyos
    Chiquita
    Marie Gomez

    Director
    Richard Brooks

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