---
title: 'The Professionals (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Brooks'
released: '1966-11-02'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-professionals-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060862/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Professionals (1966)

1966 · 117 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Professionals is a 1966 American revisionist Western film written, directed, and produced by Richard Brooks and starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode, with Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale and Ralph Bellamy in supporting roles. Based on the 1964 novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke, it is about four mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped bride amidst the Mexican Revolution.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Frank O'Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-o-rourke), [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks)
- **Editor:** [Peter Zinner](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-zinner)
- **Director:** [Richard Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-brooks)

## Cast

- [Vaughn Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaughn-taylor)
- [Jack Palance](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-palance)
- [Joe De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-de-santis)
- [Claudia Cardinale](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-cardinale)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [Robert Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ryan)
- [Jorge Martínez de Hoyos](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-martinez-de-hoyos)
- [Leigh Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-chapman)
- [Ralph Bellamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bellamy)
- [Lee Marvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-marvin)
- [Woody Strode](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-strode)

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