The Professionals (1977)★ 8.0/10
- Action
- Comedy
- Crime
Directed by: William Brayne, Martin Campbell, Dennis C. Lewiston, Anthony Simmons, David Wickes
Written by: Brian Clemens, Ranald Graham, Gerry O'Hara, Anthony Read, Roger Marshall
Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
- Original title
- The Professionals
- Storyline
- Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, came to CI5 from the regular police force, and was more of an open-minded liberal. Their relationship was often contentious, but they were the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 4,071
- Companies
- Mark 1 Productions, ITV - Independent Television, Screenbound International Pictures, TF1, 13th Street, 13ème Rue, Amazon Freevee, Canal 11 Buenos Aires, Das Vierte, Das neue TV, Family TV, FilmNet, ITV4, Just Bridge Entertainment, Kabel Eins, Kabel. 1, Koch Media, Moviedome Plus, ORF 1, ORF Eins, Premiere Austria, Premiere Serie, Premiere Start, Rai 2, Rai 3, Saeta TV Canal 10, Sat.1, Stingray, TV.München, Televisión Federal (Telefe), The Store for Music, Umbrella Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), blizz, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
- Release dates
- GB December 30, 1977
- XWG May 26, 1982
- AR August 1, 1984
- SE June 12, 1985
- FR February 18, 1989
- AU October 22, 2018
- AE April 14, 2021