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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Richard Brooks |
| Stars: |
Burt Lancaster |
| Actors: |
Joe De Santis |
| Genre: |
Westerns |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Outlaws · Based On A Novel · Mercenaries |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Special Edition |
| UPC: |
043396039094 |
| Release Date: |
1966 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 57min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Special Edition, 1hr 57min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (April 05, 2005)
UPC: 043396086616 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 57min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Richard Brooks |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/01/2008, 150, David Hughes): "Burt Lancaster is on terrific form as one of four grizzled mercenaries..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
A wealthy rancher, Frank Carter (Ralph Bellamy), hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale), who is being held captive by Captain Rasa (Jack Palance), one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries, in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution of 1917. The wild West commando team consists of a dynamite expert (Burt Lancaster), an ex-revolutionary and munitions expert (Lee Marvin), a horse specialist (Robert Ryan), and a tracker (Woody Strode). On their mission to return Carter's highly prized wife, they track the Mexican revolutionaries through rough and rugged desert terrain, determined to outsmart, outshoot, and outride anyone they come across--until they meet the the charismatic Rasa and discover that Carter's seductive wife is in love with the Mexican outlaw and has no intention of returning with the band of "professionals." Based on the novel A MULE FOR THE MARQUESA by Frank O'Rourke, this beautifully rendered Western feat... |
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