El Dorado (1966)
Directed by Howard
Hawks this film stars John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan,
Charlene Holt and Arthur Hunnicutt. A gun fighter and his new friend
help an old friend stop a range war in the old West.
Despite having a
script from Leigh Brackett the plot of this film is pretty average,
essentially being a remake of Rio Bravo (1959) which was also a Hawks
and Wayne collaboration. Generally the story is handled fairly well
but we are not looking at anything original or ground breaking here.
About the best thing in the film is Robert Mitchum's performance as
an alcoholic sherrif and seeing at least one female character taking
a proactive role in a western.
3/5
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