Ep# 42 - Paul Bishop's 60s Pick - The Professionals
The Professionals (1966)
Cinema60 welcomes author, podcaster and interrogations expert Paul Bishop to help us trace the dusty path of 1960s westerns. As the co-host of Six Gun Justice, a podcast celebrating vintage and contemporary Western paperbacks, TV shows and movies, he certainly comes to the conversation packing heat. Paul takes us on a trip through the cowboy connection to Japanese cinema, his experience as a former Los Angeles Police Detective, and even a brief foray into space with The Mandalorian, only to land us right back in our saddles in the olde west.
In this episode, Bart, Jenna and Paul discuss The Professionals (1966) in all of its individualist glory. From talk of truth and morality, sexism and racism, as well as some memorably badass women warriors, they’ve got quite a bit on their plate. So gather round, take a swig, let Burt Lancaster clear some space, and listen to this solid, all American discussion.
The following film is discussed:
• The Professionals (1966)
Directed by Richard Brooks
Starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Palance, Ralph Bellamy, Marie Gomez
Also mentioned:
• Double Indemnity (1944)
Directed by Billy Wilder
Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Directed by Tay Garnett
Starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
• Blood on the Moon (1948)
Directed by Robert Wise
Starring Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston
• Station West (1948)
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Starring Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead
• The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
Directed by John English
Starring Gene Autry, Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore
• Broken Arrow (1950)
Directed by Delmer Daves
Starring James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget
• Winchester '73 (1950)
Directed by Anthony Mann
Starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea
• Seven Samurai (1954)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima
• The Searchers (1956)
Directed by John Ford
Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
• Rio Bravo (1959)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
• The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Directed by John Sturges
Starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson
• Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Directed by John Ford
Starring Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers
• Cat Ballou (1965)
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Starring Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
• Major Dundee (1965)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton
• The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
• Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Directed by Joshua Logan
Starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg
• Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
Directed by Abraham Polonsky
Starring Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake
• True Grit (1969)
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan
• Soldier Blue (1970)
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Starring Tomisaburô Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Gô Katô
• Pale Rider (1985)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander
• The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke
• “The Lone Ranger” (1949–1957)
• “Gunsmoke” (1955–1975)
• “Wagon Train” (1957–1965)
• “Rawhide” (1959–1965)
• “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” (1964–1968)
• “The Mandalorian” (2019– )
