El Dorado

"It's the big one with the big two!"

Jun 30 1967 Approved 2h 6m
Drama, Romance, Western

Cole 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.

Plot

Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Some months later he finds out the lawman is on the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help Jason. Along with young Mississippi, handy with a knife and now armed with a diabolical shotgun, Cole returns to help.

Written by

Leigh Brackett, Harry Brown

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Cast

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Laurel Productions, Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Trailers
El Dorado (1966) Trailer
Featurettes
Jonathan Kaplan on EL DORADO
Scores
# of Votes
31,815
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
85
Popularity
NA