In the town of El Dorado, wealthy landowner Bart Jason (Ed Asner) is embroiled in a struggle with the MacDonald family, who own a large amount of land just outside town lines. Jason hires gunman Cole Thornton (John Wayne) to scare the MacDonalds in hope that they'll back down. Cole is pleased to discover that his old friend J.B. (Robert Mitchum) is now the sheriff of the town. The sheriff warns Cole that involvement with the crooked Jason will get him arrested. Further circumstances entwine the hired gun with the MacDonald family, and he sets out to destroy Jason. Hawks' unheralded western, with a fine script by Leigh Brackett (THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK), features plot similarities to his earlier classic RIO BRAVO.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case - Checkpoint
Anamorphic Widescreen
Single Side - Single Layer
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Costume Designer
Edith Head: Oscar winning costume designer, THE STING
Director of Photography
Harold Rosson:
Story
Harry Brown: Screenwriter/Novelist
Art Director
Carl Anderson: Art Director, Production Designer, mid '40s-early '80s
Review 1:
"[A] wonderful western....Effortlessly entertaining."
Source: Uncut
p.183 12/01/2004
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