![[Book #144953] The Professionals. Richard Brooks, Frank O'Rourke, Lee Marvin Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Woody Strode, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance, screenwriter director, novel, starring.](https://royalbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/144953.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1560892326)
The Professionals
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1966. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the 1966 Western, showing director Richard Brooks and crew getting ready to shoot a close up of actor Lee Marvin letting loose with a machine gun.
Based on the 1964 novel "A Mule for the Marquesa" by Frank O'Rourke, about four men hired to by a wealthy Texan to rescue his wife from a Mexican revolutionary, only to discover the job in not exactly what it seems. A sometimes overlooked and underrated entry into the Western canon, despite being nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Set in Mexico and Texas, shot on location in Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
[Book #144953]
Price: $125.00
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