The Professionals (1966) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Brooks |
| Producer(s) | Richard Brooks (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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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)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Conrad Hall | Nominated |
| Best Director | Richard Brooks | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Richard Brooks | Nominated |
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Richard Brooks' The Professionals
By Rick29 on Nov 7, 2019 From Classic Film & TV CafeLee 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 FilmsWho 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 FilmsWho 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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Bill Dolworth: Well, I'll tell you. I was born with a powerful passion to create. I can't write, can't paint, can't make up a song...
Hans Ehrengard: So you explode things.
Bill Dolworth: Well that's how the world was born. Biggest damn explosion you ever saw.
Jake Sharp: We could all do with a rest.
Hans Ehrengard: A shave would be a relief, too.
Jake Sharp: So would a bath.
Bill Dolworth: Might as well throw in a woman. Any size, any age, any color. Any woman.
Bill Dolworth: That's a lot of woman there. Beautiful, classy, and guts. Hard enough to kill ya and soft enough to change ya.
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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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