El Dorado (1966)
Dal romanzo The Stars in Their Courses di Harry Brown. Uno sceriffo che s'è dato al bere per una pena d'amore deve far fronte a un allevatore tanto ricco quanto prepotente. Si fa dare una mano da un suo vecchio aiutante, da uno sbarbatello e da un arzillo vecchietto. Il penultimo film di Hawks – prima di Rio Lobo (1970) – è una variazione sui temi e i personaggi di Un dollaro d'onore (1959), basata su una sceneggiatura scritta da Leigh Brackett, sua collaboratrice fin dai tempi di Il grande sonno (1946). Non è né una ripetizione né una parodia, ma semmai un'elegia sui vecchi tempi, sorvegliata dall'angelo custode dell'ironia. Per Hawks anche gli eroi invecchiano, ma lo sanno e non nascondono le proprie infermità dell'anima e del corpo.
Direttore:
Howard Hawks
Scrittore:
Leigh Brackett
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John Wayne as Cole Thornton |
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Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J.P. Harrah |
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James Caan as Mississippi |
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Charlene Holt as Maudie |
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Paul Fix as Dr. Miller |
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Arthur Hunnicutt as Bull Harris |
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Michele Carey as Josephine (Joey) MacDonald |
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R.G. Armstrong as Kevin MacDonald |
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Ed Asner as Bart Jason |
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Christopher George as Nelse McLeod |
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Marina Ghane as Maria |
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John Gabriel as Pedro |
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Robert Rothwell as Saul MacDonald |
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Robert Donner as Milt |
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Adam Roarke as Matt MacDonald |
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Victoria George as Jared's Wife |
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Jim Davis as Jim Purvis |
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Anne Newman Bacal as Saul MacDonald's Wife |
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Diane Strom as Matt's Wife |
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Johnny Crawford as Luke MacDonald |
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Olaf Wieghorst as Swede Larsen |
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Don Collier as Deputy Joe Braddock |
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Chuck Courtney as Jared MacDonald |
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William Henry as Sheriff Dodd Draper |
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Chuck Horne as Joe |
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John Mitchum as Elmer - Jason's Bartender |
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Chuck Roberson as Jason's Gunman |
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Dean Smith as Charlie Hagan |
| Editing | John Woodcock | Editor |
| Production | Howard Hawks | Producer |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Writing | Leigh Brackett | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nelson Riddle | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Howard Hawks | Director |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Art | Carl Anderson | Art Direction |
| Writing | Harry Brown | Novel |
| Directing | Charlsie Bryant | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Paul K. Lerpae | Special Effects |
| Production | John R. Coonan | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Nelson Riddle | Songs |
| Directing | Andrew J. Durkus | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Art | Earl Olin | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Art | Olaf Wieghorst | Title Illustration |
| Production | Paul Helmick | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Gil Grau | Orchestrator |
| Sound | George Alexander | Vocals |
| Sound | Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Nelson Riddle | Conductor |
| Writing | John Gabriel | Lyricist |
| Crew | Terry Leonard | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Canutt | Stunts |
| Crew | Robert "Buzz" Henry | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Courtney | Stunts |
| Crew | Kimo Owens | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Roberson | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Polly Burson | Stunts |
| Crew | Neil Summers | Stunts |
| Camera | John R. Hamilton | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Danny Sands | Stunts |
| Crew | Dean Smith | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Raymond | Stunts |
| Crew | George P. Wilbur | Stunts |
| Crew | Walt La Rue | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack N. Young | Stunts |
| Lighting | Lon Massey III | Gaffer |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound Recordist |
