Film
El Dorado
1966· G· 2h 6m· Drama· Western
“It's the big one with the big two!”
In Robert Aldrich's "El Dorado" (1966), gun-for-hire Cole Thornton, played by Robert Mitchum, reunites with his friend Sheriff J.P. Harrah to assist a beleaguered rancher and his kin in their water rights dispute against a nefarious rival. Alongside a fighter and a gambler, Mitchum navigates a moral and physical gauntlet, where the parched plains of the American West underscore the film's tension between justice and survival.
1966-12-17
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Key Crew
DirectorHoward Hawks
ScreenplayLeigh Brackett
ProducerHoward Hawks
Director of PhotographyHarold Rosson
Original Music ComposerNelson Riddle
EditorJohn Woodcock
Full cast & crew (28 cast · 46 crew)
Details
Released1966-12-17
Runtime2h 6m · G
StatusReleased
StudiosParamount Pictures · Laurel Productions
Budget$5M
Box office$6M
LanguagesSpanish · English
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.4/10 · 594 votes
Original languageen
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