El Dorado
C'est le grand avec les deux grands !
1966 • 126 min • Western · Drama
Our family guide
Best from age 8- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 74 Audience · 594 · 49%
Cole Thornton, un as de la gâchette, s'associe à son vieil ami le shérif Harrah pour défendre une famille d'éleveurs contre un rival qui tente de voler leur eau. Avec un jeune bagarreur et un joueur, ils affrontent le méchant accapareur de terres dans ce Western classique.
- Violence & peril
- 4/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Les fusillades sont fréquentes mais pas graphiques
- Certains personnages boivent et fument
What it models well
- Amitié et loyauté
- Défendre ce qui est juste
- Courage et persévérance
- La justice triomphe
Talk about it after
- L'impact de la cupidité et des conflits fonciers
- Le rôle des forces de l'ordre dans le Far West
- Trouver des solutions pacifiques plutôt que la violence
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Top billed cast
Director: Howard Hawks • Crew: Leigh Brackett
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersDefinitely one of Howard Hawks' better collaborations with John Wayne. A reasonably strong story about a rancher and his family trying to defy an avaricious and violent Ed Asner ("Bart Jason") who is trying to take over everything he can. There are similarities with "Rio Bravo" (1959) but I think here there is more tangible chemistry between Wayne ("Thornton") and Robert Mitchum as the washed-up drunk of a sheriff...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersBig heavyweight movie all round. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne & Robert Mitchum, it's safe to say that El Dorado comes with some pretty tough credentials. Thankfully the expectation that comes with such a teaming is well and truly met. The plot is a familiar one in the context of Wayne & Hawks, if you have seen Rio Bravo? And liked it? The chances are you will like this one too. Wayne i...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.4/10 (594)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,653,000
- Box office
- $6,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0061619