The Professionals
- IMDb link: 0060862
- IMDb rating: 7.3 (20,782 votes)
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
- Director: Burt Lancaster, Richard Brooks
- Cast: Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin, Woody Strode and others
- Release date: 4 Nov 1966
- Release year: 1966
- Runtime: 117 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: barefoot woman, public nudity, vixen, mexico, mexican revolution, female nudity, woman undresses, cowboy hat, tequila, shot in the butt
Plot:
Wealthy Texas oilman Joe Grant hires four professional soldiers to retrieve his wife Maria from a Mexican revolutionary and bandit by the name of Jesus Raza who is demanding $100,000 for her return. He promises the four men $10,000 for what amount to 9 nine days work. Two of the men, Rico Fardan and Bill Dolworth, know Raza from their own days fighting with Pancho Villa during the Mexican revolutionary war. They make their way to Raza's encampment - with a battle or two along the way - and in the end have little trouble getting hold of Maria Grant. What they learn however leads them to question just who the kidnappers are and how they should deal with their employer.