El Dorado
'I'm paid to risk my neck. I'll decide where and when I'll do it. This isn't it.' Now a two-disc presentation with all-new special features, this Paramount Centennial Collection edition of El Dorado delivers the goods. Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams up with two legendary stars, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, in a classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the 'dark side' of the Wild West -- ruthless cattle barons and crooked 'businessmen.' The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend, one who knows his way around a gunfight. Featuring a supporting cast that includes James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Ed Asner and Christopher George, and filled with both brawling action and unexpected humor, El Dorado is pure gold.
25 February 1931, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
March, 1946 in Tehran, Iran
July 5, 1921 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
17 October 1928, Santa Monica, California, USA
10 May 1919, near Shannon, Clay County, Texas, USA
15 January 1932, Breckenridge, Texas, USA
27 April 1931, New York City, New York, USA
7 April 1917, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
14 March 1900, Mexico
23 July 1930, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 March 1916, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
7 July 1910, Arizona, USA
April 30, 1899 in Viborg, Denmark
24 June 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1 September 1937, USA
29 March 1923, El Paso, Texas, USA
April 28, 1928 in Snyder, Texas, USA
March 20, 1914 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
26 February 1943, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
13 March 1901, Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
24 April 1904, New Castle, Delaware, USA
26 August 1909, Edgerton, Missouri, USA
6 August 1917, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
May 21, 1914 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
February 07, 2017
Classic Western has violence, alcoholism, stereotyping.
July 07, 2010
Vivid story telling and a late take on the Western genre as a whole.
January 09, 2010
Even looked at with today's eye, El Dorado is a thrilling movie with great characters and a brilliant image of the mythical old west.
November 20, 2017
One of the most pleasurable of all Hollywood movies.
October 21, 2013
Hawks makes a familiar plot resound strangely with a new set of sexual overtones.
November 20, 2017
Winningly sly western.
May 13, 2008
An excellent oater drama, laced with adroit comedy and action relief, and set off by strong casting, superior direction and solid production.
November 20, 2017
A witty, exciting and deeply moving masterpiece.
November 20, 2017
A nice serving of entertaining comfort cinema for dedicated fans of classic era filmmaking.
November 20, 2017
A tough, laconic and amusing Western that ambles across the screen as easily as the two veteran stars.
July 26, 2006
Howard Hawks is too good a director to depend upon stereotyped violence to keep the interest of the audience, and his well-made scenes between Wayne, Mitchum, Arthur Hunicutt and James Cann never lag for a moment.
November 20, 2017
A very funny, very moving work, graced by the cinema's cleanest, most classical style.
