El Dorado
G · 1966 ‧ Western/Action ‧ 2h 6m
Heartless tycoon Bart Jason (Edward Asner) hires a group of thugs to force the MacDonald family out of El Dorado so he can claim their land. J.P. Harrah, the town's sheriff, is too deep in the throes of alcoholism to help the family. When Harrah's...
Release date: June 7, 1967 (USA)
Director: Howard Hawks
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Based on: The Stars in Their Courses; 1960 novel; by Harry Brown
Budget: $4,653,000
People also ask
Is El Dorado a sequel to Rio Bravo?
El Dorado (1967), with Caan, Wayne, and Robert Mitchum, was either a sequel to or a remake of Rio Bravo, with Mitchum in Martin's role. Rio Lobo (1970), yet another variation on the formula, found Wayne supported by an odd cast that included Jennifer O'Neill…
Was El Dorado a good movie?
"El Dorado" is a tightly directed, humorous, altogether successful Western, turned out almost effortlessly, it would seem, by three old pros: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and director Howard Hawks.
Why did Road to El Dorado flop?
The content of the film and the animation were at odds, as well; the humor and dynamics proved to be much too dry and sarcastic for children, while the hand-drawn animation was much too cartoony to attract adults, thus leaving the film to struggle to find an audience after its initial release.
What happened in the movie El Dorado?
Summaries. Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher who's trying to steal their water.
An enjoyable film. It bears some striking similarities with another Howard Hawks-John Wayne western, Rio Bravo. The story is about reunion of two old friends - ...