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El Dorado is a 1966 American Western directed and produced by Howard Hawks, from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Harry Brown. Set in Texas, with filming locations in Arizona and Utah, it stars John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan and Arthur Hunnicutt, with cinematography by Harold Rosson and a score by Nelson Riddle. The story touches on alcoholism.
Produced by Paramount Pictures and running 126 minutes, El Dorado was made on a budget of $4,653,000 and earned $6 million at the box office. It was later distributed on Netflix.
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7.4Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Cast
- John Wayne as Cole Thornton
- Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J.P. Harrah
- James Caan as Mississippi
- Charlene Holt as Maudie
- Paul Fix as Dr. Miller
- Arthur Hunnicutt as Bull Harris
Themes
- sheriff
- based on novel or book
- texas
- ranch
- settler
- liquor
- revolver
- two guns belt
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Howard Hawks
- Screenplay by
- Leigh Brackett
- Based on
- The Stars in Their Courses , 1960 novel, by Harry Brown
- Produced by
- Howard Hawks
- Starring
- John Wayne Robert Mitchum James Caan Charlene Holt Paul Fix Arthur Hunnicutt Michele Carey
- Cinematography
- Harold Rosson
- Edited by
- John Woodcock
- Music by
- Nelson Riddle
- Production company
- Laurel Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- December 17, 1966 ( 1966-12-17 ) (Japan) June 7, 1967 ( 1967-06-07 ) (USA)
- Running time
- 126 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $4,653,000
- Box office
- $5,950,000 (US/ Canada)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- alcoholism
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Screenwriter
- Harry Brown
- Cast member
- Nacho Galindo
- Composer
- Nelson Riddle
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Harold Rosson
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Filming location
- Utah
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 743028
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 7 more facts
- publication date
- 1967-06-30
- title
- El Dorado
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 6000000
- different from
- El Dorado
- review score
- 96%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
El Dorado is a 1966 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Written by Leigh Brackett and loosely based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown, the film is about a gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old friend who is a drunken sheriff struggling to defend a rancher and his family against another rancher trying to steal their water. The supporting cast features James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, R. G. Armstrong, Ed Asner, Christopher George, Adam Roarke, and Jim Davis.
The film was first released in Japan on December 17, 1966, and then in the United States on June 7, 1967. The film received critical praise and was commercially successful, generating North American rentals of $5,950,000 on box-office receipts of $12 million.
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