El Dorado (1966 film)

El Dorado
El Dorado
	Theatrical release poster
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	John Wayne; Robert Mitchum; James Caan; Charlene Holt; Paul Fix; Arthur Hunnicutt; Michele Carey;
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	John Woodcock
Music by	Nelson Riddle
Production; company	Laurel Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 17, 1966 (Japan); June 7, 1967 (USA);
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4,653,000
Box office	$5,950,000 (US/ Canada)

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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[1] Dick 2001, p. 105.

[3] "Big Rental Films of 1967". Variety, January 3, 1968, p. 25.

[4] "El Dorado, Box Office Information." Archived June 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The Numbers. Retrieved: April 16, 2012.

[maccarthy-625-5] McCarthy, p. 625.

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