El Dorado

Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams with two equally legendary stars, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, in this classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked "businessmen." The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor, "El Dorado" delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Feb-15-2009

Best Wayne movie ever.

This movie is the best movie from the Duke that we have yet to watch. We probably have found over 40 of his movies so far, and continue to look for them. Our 2 favorites are Rio Bravo and El Dorado. The story lines are similar in some ways, but we like to watch them both. Robert Mitchum puts on...

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Posted: Feb-02-2009

There is some deliberate burlesque in Hawks' "El Dorado."

In the Broken Saloon at El Dorado, two old friends, each with a reputation, meet again... But Sheriff J.P. Harrah (Robert Mitchum) greets Cole Thornton (John Wayne) with a pointed rifle... Harrah has heard his friend works now for Bart Jason (Edward Asner). Thornton admits Jason offered him good...

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Posted: Jan-23-2009

For Wayne worshippers only

While I'm not a huge Duke fan, he is nevertheless the kind of actor who I assumed never made "B" movies. This is a "D-." I've seen worse, but not much. No plot to speak of, but a disconnected scattering of undeveloped and uninteresting sub-plots, dialogue aimed at 12-year-olds, and to call the...

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Posted: Jan-12-2009

John Wayne Classic

Fun to watch. Not Academy Award movie or acting, but just a good, fun western to end a busy day. Enjoyable.

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Posted: Nov-28-2008

"You tryin' to tell me I'm in the same boat as you were!?" --Wayne to Mitchum

"They laughed at him, Mississippi. That'll make the difference." -- Wayne to Caan regarding MitchumDirector Howard Hawks once again hooked up with John Wayne to revisit the moral codes and deep loyalty of good men to others who live by this code. As in nearly all films made by this great...

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Posted: Nov-09-2008

The Over the Hill Gang. , widescreen

Mitchum(Baby,I don't care) seems to be having the most fun in playing the part of the drunken sheriff; his performance seemed most convincing.( Overall Dvd quality is good and with fine opening credits.)If they played this for farce,they may have gotten away with it. 2 Spitoons...just for Bob....

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Posted: Nov-09-2008

the over the hill gang in El Dorado

El Dorado,a sort of remake of Rio Bravo,must have been the biggest inside joke in Hollywood because if you want to excuse its sloppy production and script and overall cinematic quality, thats about the only way you COULD excuse it.Wayne never made a western that lost money at the box...

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Posted: Nov-09-2008

The Over the Hill Gang. , widescreen

El Dorado must have been the biggest inside joke in Hollywood because if you want to excuse its production limitations(no vistas here) and script and overall made for tv quality, thats about the only way you COULD excuse it..Mitchum(Baby,I don't care) seems to be having the most fun in playing...

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Posted: Aug-16-2008

Fan Of john Wayne

I wanted this movie for my John Wayne collection. I saw it when it can out in the movies and needed to add it to my DVD collection. This is one of the best of Waynes's Movies.

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