Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to keep him safe while a revolution is planned.
If you have a soft spot for 1930s political capers that don't quite know if they want to be comedies or serious dramas, you might find something here. But let’s be honest, Professional Soldier is mostly for people who get a kick out of seeing how movies used to just wing it with the plot. Victor McLaglen plays the mer...
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"If you have a soft spot for 1930s political capers that don't quite know if they want to be comedies or serious dramas, you might find something here. But let’s be honest, Professional Soldier is mostly for people who get a kick out of seeing how movies used to just wing it with the plot. Victor McLaglen plays the mercenary Donovan, and he basically just stomps around being loud and tough. It works, I guess? He's supposed to kidnap a king, but then he finds out the guys hiring him are jerks. Su..."
Damon Runyon, Gene Fowler, Howard Ellis Smith, George Jessel, C. Graham Baker, Gene Towne
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