Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Drama > The Professional
The Professional is a french film of genre Drama directed by Georges Lautner released in USA on 21 october 1981 with Jean-Paul Belmondo

The Professional (1981)

The Professional
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 21 october 1981
Length 1h48
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Adventure,    Spy,    Crime
Rating73% 3.6970253.6970253.6970253.6970253.697025

The Professional (original title: Le Professionnel; [lə pʁɔfɛsjɔˈnɛl]) is a 1981 French action film directed by French director Georges Lautner, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly and Robert Hossein, based on the award-winning 1976 novel Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander.

The music is composed by Ennio Morricone and the theme music "Chi Mai" is known worldwide.

Synopsis

French secret agent Josselin Beaumont is sent to kill Colonel Njala, the dictator of Malagawi, a fictional African country. However, before he manages to accomplish his mission, the political situation changes drastically and the French secret service resorts to handing over Beaumont to the Malagawian authorities. After a long, unfair trial, during which Beaumont is injected with drugs, he is sentenced to long-term penal servitude at a "re-education camp".

Actors

Jean-Paul Belmondo

(Joss Beaumont)Jean Desailly

(Ministre)Robert Hossein

(Commissaire Rosen)Élisabeth Margoni

(Jeanne Baumont)Cyrielle Clair

(Alice Ancelin)
And :
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Marie-Christine Descouard
Jean-Louis Richard
Pierre Vernier
Trailer of The Professional

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to The Professional

There are 247 films with the same actors, 55 films with the same director, 79942 with the same cinematographic genres (including 12 with exactly the same 6 genres than The Professional), 9816 films with the same themes (including 0 films with the same 8 themes than The Professional), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked The Professional, you will probably like those similar films :
Do or Die!
Do or Die! (1960)
, 1h40
Directed by Georges Lautner
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Spy, Noir
Themes Spy films
Actors Bernard Blier, Juliette Mayniel, Daniel Sorano, Gisèle Sandré, Jacques Chabassol, Roger Dutoit
Rating55% 2.757592.757592.757592.757592.75759
Stefan, qui a appartenu naguère aux services secrets et qui aspire à une vie tranquille à l'ombre des corons, voit réapparaitre Milan, un ancien collègue. Il va falloir assumer dans le Limbourg, puis à Amsterdam, une ténébreuse affaire de documents qui intéressent aussi Lenzi, son ancien chef, maintenant à son compte. Une femme aux yeux troublants, Edith, se trouve également sur la route. Stefan, lancé malgré lui à corps perdu dans la bagarre, aura le dessus. Il peut ainsi retrouver Denise, son épouse chérie et ses chers puits de mines.
The Great Spy Chase
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
, 1h49
Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jess Hahn, André Weber
Rating67% 3.396783.396783.396783.396783.39678
Four competing spies from rival countries attempt to seduce the widow of a brilliant scientist.
The Eye of the Monocle
The Eye of the Monocle (1962)
, 1h45
Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Gaia Germani, Robert Dalban, Maurice Biraud, Raymond Meunier
Rating61% 3.095763.095763.095763.095763.09576
1962. Les services secrets anglais et soviétiques envoient leurs espions aux trousses d'un ancien SS allemand, Hektor Schlumpf, qui veut récupérer une cargaison d'archives et d'or, immergée au large de la Corse depuis 1943. Mais Schlumpf est déjà protégé par les services français, représentés par le commandant Dromard, en échange de papiers compromettants pour les nations alliées pendant la guerre.
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
The Monocle's Sour Laugh (1964)
, 1h40
Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Paul Meurisse, Robert Dalban, Marcel Dalio, Barbara Steele, Edward Meeks, Pierre Richard
Rating62% 3.124393.124393.124393.124393.12439
Le commandant Dromard, alias « Le Monocle », est chargé par les services secrets français d'enquêter sur des attentats qui visent le personnel et les installations de la recherche atomique mondiale. Le Colonel, chef de Dromard, lui désigne deux suspects, un homme, un certain Bergourian et une femme. Accompagné du sergent Poussin, il surveille un suspect en prenant le bateau vers Hong Kong. Bergourian y est assassiné dès sa descente du bateau. La femme ne semble pas étrangère à cet assassinat...
Cop or Hood
Cop or Hood (1979)
, 1h47
Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Marie Laforêt, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset, Julie Jézéquel
Rating64% 3.2462053.2462053.2462053.2462053.246205
Stanislas Borowitz is a divisional commissioner from the IGPN (Inspection Générale de la Police Nationale) who uses particularly expeditious methods to counteract the "ripoux" (French term for "corrupt cops"). Sent to Nice to struggle against the Mafia and enquire on a murder of a notoriously corrupt commissioner, he changes his identity into a thug named Antonio Cerruti to trigger a gang war between the two biggest local sponsors, Théodore Musard ("l'Auvergnat") and Achille Volfoni ("le Corse"), and discovers a police organization with the mafia of the town. But the corrupt police inspectors Rey and Massard, on the pay of Volfini, absolutely want to harm him.
Stranger in the House
Stranger in the House (1992)
, 1h40
Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Renée Faure, Cristiana Reali, François Perrot, Geneviève Page, Jean-Louis Richard
Rating61% 3.0538553.0538553.0538553.0538553.053855
Me Jacques Emile Marie Loursat est un très brillant avocat qui a sombré dans l'alcoolisme à la suite du suicide de sa femme. Sa fille Isabelle, qui le rend responsable du décès de sa mère, ne lui parle plus depuis 10 ans.
Le Guignolo
Le Guignolo (1980)
, 1h42
Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Galabru, Mirella D'Angelo, Georges Géret, Pierre Vernier, Carla Romanelli
Rating59% 2.955912.955912.955912.955912.95591
Alexandre Dupré, voleur récemment libéré de prison, est chargé de passer la frontière italienne avec une mallette. Cette mallette contient un briquet, dont il ignore qu'il cache un microfilm. Une horde d'espions étrangers se lance à ses trousses dans Venise.
Happy Easter
Happy Easter (1984)
, 1h33
Directed by Georges Lautner, Robert Kechichian
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes La provence, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Marceau, Marie Laforêt, Rosy Varte, Marie-Christine Descouard, Gérard Hernandez
Rating61% 3.0956453.0956453.0956453.0956453.095645
Stéphane Margelle est un riche industriel et surtout un séducteur. Persuadé que sa femme Sophie a pris l'avion dans la journée, il ramène chez lui Julie qui ne sait pas où dormir. Mais une grève surprise empêche Sophie de partir et elle rentre à l'improviste en pleine nuit et les surprend. Pour s'en sortir, Stéphane fait passer Julie pour sa fille, dont il aurait oublié de lui parler, et qui est enceinte. De ce mensonge vont en découler bien d'autres et Stéphane va s'empêtrer toujours davantage...
Code Name: Emerald
Code Name: Emerald (1985)
, 1h31
Directed by Jonathan Sanger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Eric Stoltz, Horst Buchholz, Patrick Stewart, Cyrielle Clair
Rating59% 2.954162.954162.954162.954162.95416
During World War II and a few months prior to the Normandy landings, Gus Lang, an Allied agent, is sent to occupied France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans - one of the key people with intimate knowledge of when and where the D-Day invasion will actually occur. Several people will help him to succeed: a secret friend of the Allies, a vital German officer who is a highly placed mole, and the French resistance. The SS, however, will try to block their plans.