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El Dorado is a 1966 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum.Written by Leigh Brackett and loosely based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown, the film is about a gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old friend who is a drunken sheriff struggling to defend a rancher and his family against another rancher trying to ...
While the epic The Way West with Kirk Douglas and Richard Widmark turned out to be a critical and commercial disappointment, [281] [282] El Dorado with John Wayne was a major success. [ 283 ] [ 284 ] The film, considered a quasi-remake of director Howard Hawks 's Rio Bravo (1959), [ 285 ] cast Mitchum as a drunken sheriff who, together with his ...
Michele Carey (born Michele Lee Henson; February 26, 1942 – November 21, 2018) [1] [2] was an American actress who was best known for her role as Josephine "Joey" MacDonald in the 1966 Western film El Dorado. She appeared in movies and guest-starred in television series in the 1960s and 1970s.
El Dorado, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan The Elusive Avengers (Neulovimye mstiteli), directed by Edmond Keosayan – ( USSR ) Eye of the Devil , directed by J. Lee Thompson , starring Deborah Kerr , David Niven and Sharon Tate
1966 Cast a Giant Shadow: Gen. Mike Randolph: Melville Shavelson: Also co-executive producer (uncredited) [219] El Dorado: Cole Thornton: Howard Hawks [220] [221] 1967 The War Wagon: Taw Jackson: Burt Kennedy [222] [223] 1968 The Green Berets: Col. Mike Kirby: Himself Ray Kellogg [224] Hellfighters: Chance Buckman: Andrew V. McLaglen [225] 1969 ...
In the 1966 John Wayne film El Dorado, James Caan recites parts of the poems at different times. Caan's character Mississippi recites all but the second stanza of the poem during the film. The character learned the poem from a mentor, Johnny Diamond, whose death he avenged.
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In 1966, Hawks directed El Dorado, starring Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Caan, which was released the following year. He then made Rio Lobo , with Wayne in 1970. [ 26 ] After Rio Lobo , Hawks planned a project relating to Ernest Hemingway and "Now, Mr. Gus", a comedy about two male friends seeking oil and money.