---
title: 'El Dorado (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/el-dorado-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061619/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# El Dorado (1966)

1966 · 121 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

El Dorado is a 1966 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Written by Leigh Brackett and loosely based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown, the film is about a gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old friend who is a drunken sheriff struggling to defend a rancher and his family against another rancher trying to steal their water. The supporting cast features James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, R. G. Armstrong, Ed Asner, Christopher George, Adam Roarke, and Jim Davis.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Producer:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks), [Paul Helmick](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-helmick)
- **Screenplay:** [Leigh Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-brackett), [Harry Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-brown)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nelson Riddle](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-riddle)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)

## Cast

- [Christopher George](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-george)
- [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix)
- [Dean Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-smith)
- [Michele Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-carey)
- [Ed Asner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-asner)
- [John Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mitchum)
- [Chuck Roberson](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-roberson)
- [James Caan](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-caan)
- [Jack N. Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-n-young)
- [Charlene Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlene-holt)
- [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne)
- [Johnny Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-crawford)
- [Robert Rothwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rothwell)
- [R. G. Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-g-armstrong)
- [William "Bill" Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bill-henry)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/el-dorado-1966
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