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The Professionals
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Professionals is a 1966 American Western starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, and Claudia Cardinale. The supporting cast includes Jack Palance and Ralph Bellamy and the film was written and directed by Richard Brooks, whose screenplay was based upon the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke.In the latter period of The Mexican Revolution, Rancher J.W. Grant (Bellamy) hires four men, who are all experts in their respective fields, to rescue his kidnapped wife, Maria (Cardinale) from Jesus Raza (Palance), a former Mexican Revolutionary leader turned bandit.Team leader Henry "Rico" Fardan (Marvin) is a weapons specialist, Bill Dolworth (Lancaster) is an explosives expert, the horse wrangler is Hans Ehrengard (Ryan) and Jake Sharp (Strode) is a scout with traditional Apache skills, particularly with a bow and arrow. Fardan and Dolworth, having both fought under the command of Pancho Villa, have a high regard for Raza as a soldier. But they are hard and cynical professionals so they have no qualms about killing him now.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })However, once they get across the border they discover that all is not at it seems to be.Not related to the late '70s/early '80s UK television series The Professionals. Or the 1994 film The Professional. | |
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Body LanguageAdvertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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Automaton Horses: Averted; Hans Ehrengard is put on the team because he's a horse wrangler, both sides make sure to bring spare horses during the chase, and a horse has to be shot after it's lamed while crossing a stony desert. | |
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Avengers Assemble: The film includes a sequence where each character is named and briefly described in voice-over while being seen doing what they do. | |
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Bandito | |
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Bandito: Revolutionary banditos under Captain Jesus Raza. | |
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Blasting It Out of Their Hands | |
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Blasting It Out of Their Hands: Dolworth does it to J.W. Grant's man at the end of the film. | |
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Bait-and-Switch | |
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Used for a Bait-and-Switch when Maria pushes away the maid who tries to brush her hair, making her look like a resentful captive. Raza then enters the room and dismisses the maid, removes his shirt as if to have his wicked way with her...then sits down on the bed with his back to Maria who rests her head on his shoulder. Fardan and Dolworth who are watching the scene promptly exchange a surprised look. | |
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Anti-Villain | |
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Anti-Villain: Ruthless as he may be, Raza gets more and more sympathethic as the film goes on. | |
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Quick Draw | |
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On encountering a group of banditos in a pass, Fardan tells his men to fire if the leader during parley tries to cover his gun hand with his sombrero (to conceal his Quick Draw, which is exactly what happens). | |
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