El Dorado (1966)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Harry Brown (novel)
Leigh Brackett (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 June 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Action | Adventure

Tagline:

It's The Big One With The Big Two!

Plot:

Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend...

Plot Keywords:

Gunfighter | Swindle | Land Grab | Alcoholism | Beautiful Woman

Cast

John Wayne	...	Cole Thornton
Robert Mitchum	...	El Dorado Sheriff J.P. Harrah
James Caan	...	Alan Bourdillion Traherne ('Mississippi')
Charlene Holt	...	Maudie
Paul Fix	...	Dr. Miller
Arthur Hunnicutt	...	Bull Harris
Michele Carey	...	Josephine (Joey) MacDonald
R.G. Armstrong	...	Kevin MacDonald
Edward Asner	...	Bart Jason
Christopher George	...	Nelse McLeod
Marina Ghane	...	Maria
Robert Donner	...	Milt (McLeod gang)
John Gabriel	...	Pedro (McLeod gang)
Johnny Crawford	...	Luke MacDonald
Adam Roarke	...	Matt MacDonald

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Kanab, Utah, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The ingredients that Mississippi recites for Johnny Diamond's recipe to sober up J. P. Hara are: cayenne pepper, hot mustard powder, ipecac, asafoetida, and croton oil. Ipecac is a strong emetic, asafoetida is a spice known for its strong sulfurous odor, and croton oil is a potent purgative. Anyone who administered this combination in real life would likely be shot a day or two later when the patient could finally leave the outhouse, assuming the unfortunate victim had not died of dehydration from the violent fluid diarrhea croton oil causes.

Goofs:

Continuity: Whan JP is sitting at his desk after being shot, he grabs his injured leg, lifts it up, and turns to face Cole. When the camera angle changes, he is facing away from Cole looking back over his shoulder, and then once again he lifts his leg up, and turns to face Cole.

Quotes:

Bull Harris: ...might have anyhow if I wasn't tryin' to figure out what that fella's got on his head.
Mississippi: It called a hat.
Bull Harris: Well, I'll have to take your word for it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Transformers (2007)

Soundtrack:

El Dorado

One of the Great American Westerns...

every once and a while me and my father will buy a classic western no matter how cheesy or weird it may look, today he came home with this movie El Dorado, at first i was expecting not too much due to how many westerns that were made, though i should have thought better whenever i saw that it starred two great film actors John Wayne and Robert Mitchum.

i may be young(16) but i know good actors when i watch them on screen these two played beautifully off each other and so did another great actor James Caan

all the characters were played to perfection, even though anyone can play an alcoholic sheriff with a broken-heart Mitchum really made the role shine, of course John Wayne did wonderful as The Hired Gun, but my favorite role was that of Mississipi played by James Caan, in my opinion he did an astonishing job in this role and the scenes with him and Wayne were glorious.

Now some older ladies and gents may find it hard to follow the recommendation of a 16 year old but it is seriously one of my favorites of the ones me and my father have seen

in a lil side note the action scenes were done really well and there was also a slight editing issue during one of the scenes I'm sure you'll notice(but you must take into consideration the time when the movie was made)

thank you and you really must see this movie that could never be done today due to the fight between stars in leading roles.