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John Wayne
Cole Thornton
Robert Mitchum
Sheriff J.P. Harrah
James Caan
Mississippi
Charlene Holt
Maudie
Paul Fix
Dr. Miller
Arthur Hunnicutt
Bull Harris
Michele Carey
Josephine (Joey) MacDonald
R.G. Armstrong
Kevin MacDonald
Ed Asner
Bart Jason
Christopher George
Nelse McLeod
Marina Ghane
Maria
John Gabriel
Pedro
Robert Rothwell
Saul MacDonald
Robert Donner
Milt
Adam Roarke
Matt MacDonald
Victoria George
Jared's Wife
Jim Davis
Jim Purvis
Anne Newman Bacal
Saul MacDonald's Wife
Diane Strom
Matt's Wife
Johnny Crawford
Luke MacDonald
Olaf Wieghorst
Swede Larsen
Don Collier
Deputy Joe Braddock
Chuck Courtney
Jared MacDonald
William Henry
Sheriff Dodd Draper
Chuck Horne
Joe
John Mitchum
Elmer - Jason's Bartender
Chuck Roberson
Jason's Gunman
Dean Smith
Charlie Hagan

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Wed Oct 21 2015

Big heavyweight movie all round. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne & Robert Mitchum, it's safe to say that El Dorado comes with some pretty tough credentials. Thankfully the expectation that comes with such a teaming is well and truly met. The plot is a familiar one in the context of Wayne & Hawks, if you have seen Rio Bravo? And liked it? The chances are you will like this one too. Wayne is Cole Thornton, a hired gun who is asked to come on the payroll of El Dorado landowner Bart Jason (Ed Asner), who is involved with a land struggle with the MacDonald family. Cole find...