El Dorado (1967)

Written by Harry Brown, Leigh Brackett

Directed by Howard Hawks

Running Time: 125 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1967

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Cole Thornton (John Wayne) is a gunman for hire who rides into a small town called El Dorado, to work for cattle baron, Bart Jason (Edward Asner). However he turns down this job when he discovers that he would have to fight Sheriff J.P Harrah (Robert Mitchum).

As the sheriff is an old friend of Cole's, and the rancher wants to run his family off their land to get at a lucrative water supply this isn't acceptable to Cole and he quits.

Some months later he finds out that Sheriff Harrah has hit the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help Jason finish the job Cole refused to carry out.

Teaming up with his young Indian friend, Alan Bourdillion Traherne "Mississippi" (James Caan), who is handy with a knife and is now armed with a diabolical shotgun, and a gambler, Cole returns to help his friend's family fight the rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

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Cast

	John Wayne		Cole Thornton
	Robert Mitchum		El Dorado Sheriff J.P. Harrah
	James Caan		Alan Bourdillion Traherne
	Charlene Holt		Maudie
	Paul Fix		Dr. Miller
	Arthur Hunnicutt		Bull Harris
	Michele Carey		Josephine MacDonald
	R.G. Armstrong		Kevin MacDonald
	Edward Asner		Bart Jason
	Christopher George		Nelse McLeod
	Marina Ghane		Maria
	Robert Donner		Milt
	John Gabriel		Pedro
	Johnny Crawford		Luke MacDonald
	Adam Roarke		Matt MacDonald