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El Dorado is a 1966 western movie starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, directed by Howard Hawks, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Leigh Brackett and based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown. Nelson Riddle wrote the musical score. The film was shot in Technicolor and ran 126 minutes. The paintings in the credits are by Olaf Wieghorst, who plays Swede Larsen in the film.
The supporting cast includes James Caan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Charlene Holt, Ed Asner, Christopher George, Michele Carey, R. G. Armstrong, Paul Fix, Johnny Crawford, Adam Roarke, and Jim Davis.
The movie is the second film in a trilogy directed by Hawks varying the idea of a sheriff defending his office against belligerent outlaw elements in the town: the other two films are Rio Bravo (1959) and Rio Lobo (1970), both also starring Wayne.
Cole Thornton (John Wayne), an infamous gunslinger, is hired by wealthy rancher Bart Jason (Edward Asner) to help him in a range war with the McDonald family. While in the town of El Dorado, the local sheriff and an old friend, J.P. Harrah (Robert Mitchum), gives Cole more details that Jason had deliberately left out, including the possibility of having to side against Harrah. Unwilling to do this, Thornton quits, to the relief of saloon owner Maudie (Charlene Holt), who is in love with Thornton (and was for a time a romantic interest of Harrah's).
Actors: Michael Cherrie (actor), Michael Cherrie (actor), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (costume designer), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (director), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (miscellaneous crew), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (miscellaneous crew), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (miscellaneous crew), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (producer), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (producer), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (writer), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (writer), Robert Kenneth Ramesar (composer), Gillian Moor (actor), Gillian Moor (composer), Crystal Felix (actor),
Plot: HER SECOND COMING finds a black female messiah (Crystal Felix) and her progeny battling for survival in a post-apocalyptic world void of other human life. Haunted by the memory of those lost, she summons the spirit of Father Devine (Michael Cherrie), her suspected child-father who has transformed himself into El Dorado, a golden masquerade, after his fall from grace with his flock.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy,Actors: Alonso O. Lara (director), John Solis (producer), Alonso O. Lara (writer), Bernabé Melendrez (actor), Alonso O. Lara (editor), John Solis (actor), Emilio Franco (actor), Joel Romero (producer), Agustin Navarro (actor), Jesus Heredia (actor), Margarito Barajas (actor), Soledad Castaneda (actress), Tomás Osuna (actor), Juan Pineda Sanchez (actor), Alberto Larios (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Gianfranco Clerici (writer), Peter Berling (actor), William Berger (actor), Gianni Ferrio (composer), Duccio Tessari (writer), Duccio Tessari (director), Charly Bravo (actor), Frank Braña (actor), Flavio Bucci (actor), José Luis de Vilallonga (actor), Giuliano Gemma (actor), Walter Patriarca (costume designer), Ricardo Palacios (actor), Riccardo Petrazzi (actor), Aldo Sambrell (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Western,Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?"
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-