SummaryCole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an 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 that is trying to steal their water.
Directed By:Howard Hawks
Written By:Leigh Brackett, Harry Brown
El Dorado
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Universal Acclaim
85
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Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
91% Positive
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100
El Dorado is essentially a darker remake of Rio Bravo, with Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Hunnicutt and James Caan as the now archetypal quartet. But, though the situation is the same, the mood is crisper, tenser, with a heightened sense of pain, loss and death underlying the humor and action.
100
It's a very funny, very moving work, graced by the cinema's cleanest, most classical style.
90
An excellent oater drama, laced with adroit comedy and action relief, and set off by strong casting, superior direction and solid production.
80
Director Howard Hawks makes a familiar plot resound strangely with new sexual overtones.
80
The taut guidance of Mr. Hawks, an old frontier hand, the barbed, pungent and frequently funny dialogue, plus some murderous gun forays, add up to crisp entertainment
75
Pangs of déjà vu might strike while watching El Dorado, as it’s a thinly-veiled remake of an earlier John Wayne film directed by Howard Hawks and co-written by Leigh Brackett for Warner Bros., 1959’s Rio Bravo. Though the stories are similar, El Dorado feels sharper, bolstered by Harold Rosson’s brilliant photography with scenes seemingly painted on celluloid.
50
John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, parodying themselves while looking exhausted. When the movie starts, you have the sense of having come in on a late episode of a TV series.
User score
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
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Mar 25, 2020
10
EL DORADO is probably the best western movie ever made.. John Wayne and Robert Mitchum star in this 1967 film and also features a young James Caan and the film involves a drunken sheriff (Mitchum) and John Wayne and Robert Mitchum team up to take down some badguys.. I don't know the exact story of El Dorado but I've seen it and it's a very good film, very well acted and entertaining and I don't think I've seen a better western if I'm honest. This films faultless in every aspect and has no weaknesses and the action scenes well done. May contain some romance.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Laurel Productions
Release Date:Jun 7, 1967
Duration:2 h 6 m
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:Range War! A lawless time when no man dares turn his back... even to a friend!
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
• 1 Nomination
