EL DORADO is a romantic western comedy about a friendship, love, responsibility and politics. It is the second of three films directed by Hawks about a sheriff defending his office against belligerent outlaw elements in the town, after "Rio Bravo" and before "Rio Lobo". I think there was a perfect chemistry between the actors in the movie "Rio Bravo". Taking into account almost similar plot lines, this is a very reliable remake.
Cole Thornton, a gunslinger-for-hire, has found himself in the middle of a conflict between a wealthy rancher, the hardworking McDonald family and law in a fight for water. The local sheriff J. P. Harrah is his friend. Cole, unwilling to fight his friend and to the relief of saloon owner Maudie, has turned down a job with the wealthy and evil rancher. However, Cole accidentally shoot the youngest member of the McDonald family. He, in turn, gets a bullet next to his spine. Several months later, Cole runs into another gunslinger-for-hire named Nelson McLeod and a young greenhorn with a peculiar hat called Mississippi. It seems that his friends and the McDonald family are in great danger. Cole decides to return to El Dorado...
Nothing is spectacular in this film, except a very fun relationship between the two big movie stars. The dialogues, that glorifying friendship and responsibility, are comical, gunfight are very exciting and, unfortunately, two romances remain suspended in the air.
The scenery is quite cramped. The atmosphere is good.
Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J.P. Harrah is very good in the role of a competent sheriff, who became an alcoholic because some women. However, he is ready to pull the trigger on the right time. John Wayne as Cole Thornton is a charming and charismatic drifter who finds himself in the right place at the right time, and even when to get shots.
It is a very pleasant, but already seen.
Cole Thornton, a gunslinger-for-hire, has found himself in the middle of a conflict between a wealthy rancher, the hardworking McDonald family and law in a fight for water. The local sheriff J. P. Harrah is his friend. Cole, unwilling to fight his friend and to the relief of saloon owner Maudie, has turned down a job with the wealthy and evil rancher. However, Cole accidentally shoot the youngest member of the McDonald family. He, in turn, gets a bullet next to his spine. Several months later, Cole runs into another gunslinger-for-hire named Nelson McLeod and a young greenhorn with a peculiar hat called Mississippi. It seems that his friends and the McDonald family are in great danger. Cole decides to return to El Dorado...
Nothing is spectacular in this film, except a very fun relationship between the two big movie stars. The dialogues, that glorifying friendship and responsibility, are comical, gunfight are very exciting and, unfortunately, two romances remain suspended in the air.
The scenery is quite cramped. The atmosphere is good.
Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J.P. Harrah is very good in the role of a competent sheriff, who became an alcoholic because some women. However, he is ready to pull the trigger on the right time. John Wayne as Cole Thornton is a charming and charismatic drifter who finds himself in the right place at the right time, and even when to get shots.
It is a very pleasant, but already seen.