El Dorado
“It's the big one with the big two!”
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
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Cast
28 people
John Wayne
Cole Thornton
Known for
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Robert Mitchum
Sheriff J.P. Harrah
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
James Caan
Mississippi
Known for
The Godfather
Misery
Charlene Holt
Maudie
Known for
Man's Favorite Sport?
Paul Fix
Dr. Miller
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zabriskie Point
Arthur Hunnicutt
Bull Harris
Known for
The Tall T
The Big Sky
Michele Carey
Josephine (Joey) MacDonald
Known for
Man from Atlantis
R.G. Armstrong
Kevin MacDonald
Known for
Predator
Children of the Corn
Ed Asner
Bart Jason
Known for
Up
Spider-Man
Christopher George
Nelse McLeod
Known for
City of the Living Dead
Pieces
Marina Ghane
Maria
Also in
The Green Hornet
The Wild Wild West
John Gabriel
Pedro
Known for
The Incredible Hulk Returns
South Pacific
Howard Hawks Director · Leigh Brackett Screenplay Harry Brown Author
Worldwide gross $6M · Budget $4.7M · United States release June 7, 1967
Box office
Budget
$4,653,000
Worldwide gross
$6,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Laurel Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Japan · December 17, 1966
Theatrical
United States · June 7, 1967
Theatrical
Australia
June 30, 1967 · Theatrical
Austria
October 1, 1967 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 1, 2000 · Physical · IMDB
Denmark
June 12, 1967 · Theatrical
Finland
September 15, 1967 · Theatrical
April 11, 1975 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
June 28, 1967 · Theatrical
February 27, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
September 22, 1967 · Theatrical · West Germany
Iceland
January 31, 1970 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 4, 1967 · Theatrical
Italy
July 22, 1967 · Premiere · Taormina Film Festival
September 1, 1967 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 2, 1967 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 24, 1967 · Theatrical
October 21, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
May 14, 2007 · Physical · DVD
September 11, 2013 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
August 31, 1967 · Theatrical
Poland
November 1, 1973 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 15, 1967 · Theatrical
July 7, 1991 · TV
South Korea
September 20, 1968 · Theatrical
Spain
June 12, 1967 · Premiere · San Sebastian Film Festival
August 28, 1967 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 10, 1967 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 1, 1970 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 20, 1967 · Limited theatrical · London
August 6, 1967 · Theatrical
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