| El Dorado | |
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| Directed by | Howard Hawks |
| Screenplay by | Leigh Brackett |
| Based on | The Stars in Their Courses 1960 novel by Harry Brown |
| Produced by | Howard Hawks |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | John Woodcock |
| Music by | Nelson Riddle |
Production company | Laurel Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4,653,000[1] |
| Box office | $5,950,000 (US/ Canada)[N 1][2][3] |
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 steal their water. The supporting cast features James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, R. G. Armstrong, Ed Asner, Christopher George, Adam Roarke and Jim Davis.
The film was first released in Japan on December 17, 1966 and then in the United States on June 7, 1967. The film received critical praise and was commercially successful, generating North American rentals of $5,950,000 on box-office receipts of $12 million.[4]
- ^ Dick 2001, p. 105.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1967". Variety, January 3, 1968, p. 25.
- ^ "El Dorado, Box Office Information." Archived June 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The Numbers. Retrieved: April 16, 2012.
- ^ McCarthy, p. 625.
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