1966 · western · action
El Dorado
Directed by Howard Hawks2h 6m1966
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.
Our read: El Dorado (1966) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded western · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured western / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
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