Four hired guns, one captured spouse, and a dangerous assignment form the core of The Professionals. Coming from Columbia Pictures, this film is adapted from Frank O’Rourke’s novel "A Mule for the Marquesa." Richard Brooks both wrote and directed, bringing together Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, and Claudia Cardinale in the cast. Presented in Panavision and Technicolor, it sho…