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The Professionals
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
EAN: 9780767827676
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767827678
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 13, 1999
Running Time: 117 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 1966
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Editorial Review:
Before The Wild Bunch, there was The Professionals, Richard Brooks's marvelous ode to friendship, loyalty, and disillusionment. It may not have the stylistic bravado or fatalistic doom of the legendary Sam Peckinpah film, but Brooks's storytelling is simple and steady and just as insightful. The difference is Brooks is a lot more optimistic. Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster are buddies who have drifted into oblivion after fighting together in the Mexican Revolution. Marvin, the principled loyalist and munitions expert, lost his wife and his heart. Lancaster, the dynamite expert and unprincipled adventurer, keeps losing his pants. They team up with wrangler Robert Ryan and archer Woody Strode to rescue the beguiling Claudia Cardinale, who has been kidnapped by their old revolutionary buddie Jack Palance. So it's back into bloody Mexico they go on a "mission of mercy" for railroad tycoon Ralph Bellamy, who's paying handsomely for the return of his wife.
But nothing is what it seems in this exciting, existential adventure, which was beautifully shot by Conrad Hall. Sarcastic quips, philosophical musings, and heart-rending reversals underlie Brooks's humanistic sentiments. These are tired, world-weary men who somehow find the strength and the will to pull together for the sake of love and commitment. Through it all, Brooks seems to be lamenting a decline in professionalism much deeper than his story. He's decrying Hollywood and the society at large, anticipating Peckinpah's later strategy. --Bill Desowitz
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Leading actors great even behind scenes
Have fond memories of most of
leading actors in THE PROFESSIONALS
since they stayed in our hotel
near shooting site. Robert Ryan,
now deceased, was our absolute
and personably favorite star.
Marvin, of course, was true to life.
This is a classic movie on my list.
Rating:  - Brooks' Professionals
This action packed western set in the early 1900's boasts a star cast of he-men only rivaled by "The Dirty Dozen"(which Marvin was also in) and "The Wild Bunch" (Robert Ryan). Along with Ryan and Marvin for the ride is Woody Strode, Burt Lancaster, Ralph Bellamy and Jack Palance as the former buddy of Lancaster & Marvin, now a wanted bandido. Also the luscious Claudia Cardinale is the crew's bounty and she still looks great in her '60s or early 70's (she's featured in interview section on Special ... Read More
Rating:  - Why Aren't These Four "Professionals" Running Our Border Patrol?
I haven't seen this film in years, but when it came out, I remember seeing it several times in one week. The script is quick and witty, the use of the correct weapons is a great technical and historical triumph and the acting under Richard Brooks direction is flawless.
It truly is one of the great classic action films.
Rating: - Old Dog Tricks
I've always loved Westerns, but The Professionals far exceeded my expectations. David Brooks both wrote the script and directed this 1966 adventure, based on a book by the great Western writer, Frank O'Rourke.
The story takes place shortly after the Mexican Revolution, a transitional period in U.S. history, when men who fought beside Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, served in the Philippine campaign, and joined ranks with Pancho Villa, suddenly find their skills and heroics out of style, ... Read More
Rating: - rose
The Professionals (special edition)by Lee Marvin,Burt Lanchester,Jack Palance.What can I say loved this movie when I first saw it and still do.For me the actors and story are fabulous.
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