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Monday, March 27, 2023
THE AMATEURS
THE PROFESSIONALS (1966)
dir: Richard Brooks
THE AMATEURS
MAD #112, June 1967
w: Larry Siegel
a: Mort Drucker
Western about four mercenaries who are experts in their fields—Rico Fardan (Lee Marvin), Bill Dolworth (Burt Lancaster), Hans Ehrengard (Robert Ryan), and Jake Sharp (Woody Strode)—who have been hired to rescue the wife of Joe Grant(Ralph Bellamy), an American rancher.
Joe's wife Maria (Claudia Cardinale) has been kidnapped by the Mexican bandit Jesus Raza (Jack Palance). In Mexico, they witness soldiers on a train that has been captured by Raza's army.
Maria has acquired Stockholm sydrome for Raza when she is found by the men, but they do their job. As they return her, Dolworth fights Raza.
Maria feels Raza and not her husband is her true love. They fail to finish the job of bringing her back, but deliver a wounded Raza.
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