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The Professionals (1966) was a Action - Western Film directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Richard Brooks.

Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best CinematographyConrad HallNominated
Best DirectorRichard BrooksNominated
Best WritingRichard BrooksNominated
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Richard Brooks' The Professionals

By Rick29 on Nov 7, 2019 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Lee Marvin as the group's leader. It was a commercial and critical success. It earned three Academy Award nominations. It starred two of the biggest stars of the 1960s. And yet, The Professionals (1966) rarely gets the attention it deserves these days. When it was shown on TCM last June, it got a l... Read full article


The Professionals (1966)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 21, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Who wouldn’t be enticed by a film entitled The Professionals? It feels a little like an amalgamation of The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, with a ?little sprinkling of Mission Impossible, and dare I say The Wild Bunch? We have a band of four big time pros who are brought together to rescu... Read full article


The Professionals (1966)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 21, 2015 From 4 Star Films

Who wouldn’t be enticed by a film entitled The Professionals? It feels a little like an amalgamation of The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, with a ?little sprinkling of Mission Impossible, and dare I say The Wild Bunch? We have a band of four big-time pros who are brought together to rescu... Read full article


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Hans Ehrengard: Dynamite in the hands of a fool means death.
Bill Dolworth: In this case, it could mean life. Ours. If we're lucky enough to get back to this rat trap, it might be touch and go. All you gotta do is light this fuse. You got ten seconds to run like hell. Then dynamite, not faith, will move that mountain into this pass. Peace, brother.


Hans Ehrengard: Draw your pay, mister.
Horseman: Well you wanted him broken, didn't ya?
Hans Ehrengard: Yeah. But not ruined. Now get outa here.


Bill Dolworth: That Chiquita. She can lick a whole regiment, but she can't dance worth a lick.


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During the filming of the scene where Maria attempts to escape through a canyon wired with dynamite, Claudia Cardinale's stunt double was badly injured during the explosion. Cardinale, who had never ridden a horse before, performed the stunt herself for the final cut, and escaped uninjured.
Plans for a remake were announced in 2000 but as of 2011 haven't been followed through. Among the people attached were screenwriter Bruce Feirstein and director John Woo.
The shooting was plagued by many complications including rain, snow, sleet, the blazing sun, intense desert heat and even a flash flood.
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