El Dorado: Difference between revisions
El Dorado: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
El Dorado: Difference between revisions
El Dorado is a 1966 Western that is considered the second film in Howard Hawks' "trilogy" of films that featured John Wayne in a story of a sheriff who must defend his office against an aggressive outlaw element in the town. The other two films are 1959's Rio Bravo and 1970's Rio Lobo. In this film, John Wayne stars as Cole Thornton, a gunfighter who helps an old friend protect a group of ranchers from a rival who had previously hired Colt. The film's cast includes James Caan, Ed Asner, and Robert Mitchum, whose son Christopher Mitchum would later co-star with Wayne in Rio Lobo and Big Jake.
The following weapons were used in the film El Dorado:
During the shootout at the church, the revolver used by J.P. Harrah (Robert Mitchum) appears to change to a double-action, modern revolver that resembles a Colt Model 1917. The revolver often was used in Westerns filmed in the 1950's and 1960's, when the revolver needed to be fired with the speed required by the script. Usually, the production would disguise the revolver with a fake ejector rod to make it resemble an SAA.
The Remington-Keene Repeating Rifle makes a rare movie appearance in the hands of Mrs. MacDonald (Diane Strom). The version she is carrying appears to be the Remington-Keene Deluxe Sporter based on the design of the rifle stock and the long exposed barrel.
