Shalako (film)

Shalako
original film poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed byEdward Dmytryk
Written byJ.J. Griffith
Hal Hopper
Produced byEuan Lloyd
Starring
CinematographyTed Moore
Edited byJohn D. Guthridge
Bill Blunden
Music byRobert Farnon
Production
companies
Palomar Pictures International
Kingston Film Productions, Ltd.
CCC Film
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation (USA)
Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Columbia-Bavaria Film (W. Germany)
Release dates
  • 26 September 1968 (1968-09-26) (West Germany)
  • 11 December 1968 (1968-12-11) (London)
  • 11 December 1968 (1968-12-11) (UK)
  • October 7, 1968 (1968-10-07) (SFC)
Running time
113 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
West Germany
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$1,100,000（US Rentals）[2] or $2,620,000 [3]

Shalako is a 1968 Western film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London with sets designed by the art director Herbert Smith. Location shooting took place in Almería in southern Spain, particularly in the Tabernas Desert which was frequently used in European westerns during the decade.

The cast also includes Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, and Honor Blackman, Connery's co-star in Goldfinger. It is based on a 1962 novel of the same title by Louis L'Amour. It was the first in a trilogy of L'Amour adaptions from Euan Lloyd.[4]

  1. ^ TAD SZULC (Apr 1, 1968). "Financial Close-Up of a Movie Cliff-Hanger: Financing of a Movie in Spain Turns Out to Be a Cliff-Hanger". New York Times. p. 69.
  2. ^ "『Ｂｉｇ Ｒｅｎｔａｌ Ｆｉｌｍｓ Ｏｆ １９６８』".
  3. ^ "Shalako (1968) - Financial Information". www.the-numbers.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (17 May 2020). "Roast Beef Westerns". Filmink.