El Dorado Movie Review 1967

A gunfighter rides into the frontier town of El Dorado to aid a reckless cattle baron in his war with farmers over land rights. Once in town, the hired gun meets up with an old friend--the sheriff--who also happens to be the town drunkard. Switching allegiances, the gunslinger helps the lawman sober up and defend the farmers. This Hawks western displays a number of similarities to the director's earlier "Rio Bravo" (1959), staring Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson--who charms viewers as the young sidekick "Colorado" much like Caan does as "Mississippi" in El Dorado.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 126 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Buddies, Director/Star Teams: Hawks & Wayne, On the Rocks, Gunslingers, Small-Town Sheriffs

Cast

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Ed Asner, Arthur Hunnicutt, Christopher George, R.G. Armstrong, Jim Davis, Paul Fix, Johnny Crawford, Michele Carey

Director

Howard Hawks

Producer

Paramount Pictures