The Professionals [Special Edition]

Director: Richard Brooks Richard Brooks

Overview

Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode team as the title characters, a band of bounty hunters out to rescue the wife (Claudia Cardinale) of cattle baron Ralph Bellamy from a group of Mexican kidnappers led by Jack Palance.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/05/2005
UPC:	0043396086616
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:57:00
Sales rank:	14,659

Special Features

Closed Caption;Featurette: "Professionals" - A Classic; Featurette: Burt Lancaster: A Portrait; Featurette: Memories from "The Professionals"; Bonus Previews

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Burt Lancaster	Bill Dolworth
Lee Marvin	Henry "Rico" Fardan
Robert Ryan	Hans Ehrengard
Claudia Cardinale	Mrs. Maria Grant
Jack Palance	Capt. Jesus Raza
Ralph Bellamy	J.W. Grant
Woody Strode	Jacob Sharp
Joe De Santis	Ortega
Rafael Bertrand	Fierro
Jorge Martinez de Hoyos	Padilla
Marie Gomez	Chiquita
Carlos Romero	Revolutionary
Vaughn Taylor	Banker
Roberto Contreras	Bandit
Don Carlos	Bandit
Elizabeth Campbell	Mexican Girl
John Lopez	Mexican Servant
Darwin Lamb	Hooper
Dirk Evans	Man at Door
John McKee	Sheriff,Sheriff
Eddie Little Sky	The Prisoner
Leigh Chapman	Lady
Phil Parslow	Deputy Sheriff,Actor
Richard Brooks	Actor
José Chávez	un révolutionnaire
David Cadiente	Actor,Actor
Foster Hood	Actor
Henry O'Brien	Actor
Simon Lui	Actor
Ben Ng	Actor
Elvis Tsui	Actor
Ron Veto	Mexican soldier
Edward Sky	The Prisoner
Jorge Marchegiant	Eduardo Padilla
Maurice Jarre	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Brooks

Frank O'Rourke

Richard Brooks	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Willis Cook	Special Effects
Frank O'Rourke	Screenwriter
Del Harris	Sound Effects
Jack Haynes	Sound Effects
William Randall	Sound Effects
Charles J. Rice	Sound Effects
Kay Rose	Sound Effects
Boyd Cabeen	Stunts
Lee Lukather	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Much like star Lee Marvin's later success, 1967's The Dirty Dozen, The Professionals is a finely crafted action picture with an impressive and entertaining ensemble cast. Marvin was in the most successful period of his career, and his performance in The Professionals -- along with his turns in Dozen and Point Blank the following year -- conveyed his distinctive tough persona better than any of his other work. Produced, written, and directed by Hollywood veteran Richard Brooks, the movie also features notable supporting work by Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Jack Palance. Brooks and cinematographer Conrad Hall would re-team for the stark crime story In Cold Blood.