Liam Gaughan is a writer at Collider with a passion for classic films and the work of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
The Big Picture While his name isn’t floated around as frequently as contemporaries like John Ford or John Huston, the great director Howard Hawks certainly deserves to be heralded as one of the finest filmmakers in cinematic history. Hawks almost single-handedly created the template for the modern romantic comedy with his classic films His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby, and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for his work on the classic biopic Sergeant York.
Release Date June 7, 1967 Director Howard Hawks Cast John Wayne , Robert Mitchum , James Caan , Charlene Holt , Paul Fix , Arthur Hunnicutt , Michele Carey Runtime 126 Minutes Main Genre Western Writers Leigh Brackett Budget $4.6 Million Studio Laurel Productons Distributor Paramount Pictures What Is Howard Hawks' Western ‘El Dorado’ About? While he was best known for his collaborations with Ford, John Wayne developed a strong working relationship with Hawks on a series of classic Westerns.
While there are certainly a few memorable gunfights, El Dorado is a Western that focuses on the mundanity of heroism. Most of Harrah and Cole's responsibilities revolve around settling disputes and using their reputations to squash feuds before they emerge. This shows how “civilizing” a potentially dangerous situation is often more challenging than coming in with guns blazing.
Robert Mitchum was a critical favorite for his roles in noirs, but he proved himself as a Western pro with his charismatic performance in El Dorado. While playing a character of immense integrity could have easily slipped into cliché, Mitchum added idiosyncrasies to Harrah that made him more interesting. A running joke about him constantly being drunk, for example, allowed Mitchum to add a lot of physical comedy to the film.
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