ApprovedEl Dorado

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IMDB (30,687 votes)

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Play Time: 126 mins
Western
El Dorado

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1966-12-17)
Awards:2 nominations
Screen:Leigh Brackett, Harry Brown
Productions: Paramount Pictures, Laurel Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
El Dorado
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Reviews

John Chard

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Big heavyweight movie all round. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne & Robert Mitchum, it's safe to say that El Dorado comes with some pretty tough credentials. Thankfully the expectation that comes with such a teaming is well and truly met. The plot is a familiar o ....

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CinemaSerf

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Definitely one of Howard Hawks' better collaborations with John Wayne. A reasonably strong story about a rancher and his family trying to defy an avaricious and violent Ed Asner ("Bart Jason") who is trying to take over everything he can. There are similarities with "Rio Bravo" (1959 ....

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