Review of El Dorado (1966) by Dustin G — 12 Jun 2011
A remake of Rio Bravo through and through. The town looks the same, the bank looks the same. John Wayne plays the same character. Robert Mitchum replaces Dean Martin, James Caan replaces Ricky Nelson. There's even a Stumpy in this one named Bull.
Thankfully, despite its complete lack of originality, El Dorado is still a fine, entertaining, even hard nosed Western that's a lot of fun and an easy watch and sports an amazing performance from Robert Mitchum.
Rio Bravo is easily the better movie overall though.
This review of El Dorado (1966) was written by Dustin G on 12 Jun 2011.
El Dorado has generally received very positive reviews.
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