Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold
Theatrical release poster by Howard Terpning
Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Screenplay by	Carl Foreman
Based on	Mackenna's Gold 1963 novel by Will Henry
Produced by	Carl Foreman Dimitri Tiomkin
Starring	Gregory Peck Omar Sharif Telly Savalas Camilla Sparv Keenan Wynn Julie Newmar
Narrated by	Victor Jory
Cinematography	Joseph MacDonald
Edited by	Bill Lenny
Music by	Quincy Jones
Color process	Technicolor
Production companies	Highroad Productions, Inc.
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	March 18, 1969 (1969-03-18) (Premiere) May 10, 1969 (1969-05-10) (Phoenix)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million[1]
Box office	$41 million (est.)

Mackenna's Gold is a 1969 American Western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring an ensemble cast featuring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Ted Cassidy, Camilla Sparv and Julie Newmar in lead roles. It was photographed in Super Panavision 70 and Technicolor by Joseph MacDonald, with original music by Quincy Jones.

Mackenna's Gold is based on the novel of the same name by Heck Allen using the pen name Will Henry, telling the story of how the lure of gold corrupts a diverse group of people. The novel was loosely based on the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings, crediting the Frank Dobie account of the legend (Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver) in the author's note. The film was a box-office failure in North America, but went on to become a major success in the Soviet Union and the Indian subcontinent.