John Wayne strolls into town to help out his old friend, the local heavy-drinking sheriff, who is trying to defend a small rancher and his family against a wealthy tycoon trying to steal their water in “El Dorado.” This is classic western drama from director Howard Hawks (“The Thing from Another World” 1951), who has ensured outstanding production values, including a great screenplay by Leigh Brackett.
John Wayne is at his best here, with an excellent supporting cast that features Robert Mitchum as the sheriff. Others include James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, Ed Asner, Christopher George, Johnny Crawford, R. G. Armstrong, Adam Roarke, John Gabriel, and Jim Davis, who would later go on to fame and fortune as Jock Ewing, the patriarch of the Ewing family on CBS’s “Dallas” (1978-1981).
Nelson Riddle composed the film’s soundtrack, just one more asset of the very watchable “El Dorado,” very successful at the box office for Laurel Productions and Paramount Pictures.
El Dorado (1966)
cinema
My Review
John Wayne strolls into town to help out his old friend, the local heavy-drinking sheriff, who is trying to defend a small rancher and his family against a wealthy tycoon trying to steal their water in “El Dorado.” This is classic western drama from director Howard Hawks (“The Thing from Another World” 1951), who has ensured outstanding production values, including a great screenplay by Leigh Brackett.
John Wayne is at his best here, with an excellent supporting cast that features Robert Mitchum as the sheriff. Others include James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, Ed Asner, Christopher George, Johnny Crawford, R. G. Armstrong, Adam Roarke, John Gabriel, and Jim Davis, who would later go on to fame and fortune as Jock Ewing, the patriarch of the Ewing family on CBS’s “Dallas” (1978-1981).
Nelson Riddle composed the film’s soundtrack, just one more asset of the very watchable “El Dorado,” very successful at the box office for Laurel Productions and Paramount Pictures.