Shalako (film)
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Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
Produced by | Euan Lloyd |
Written by | J.J. Griffith Hal Hopper |
Starring | Brigitte Bardot Sean Connery Stephen Boyd Jack Hawkins Honor Blackman |
Music by | Robert Farnon |
Cinematography | Ted Moore |
Editing by | John D. Guthridge |
Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |
Release date(s) | 1968 |
Running time | 113 min. |
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Shalako is a 1968 western film starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. Stephen Boyd portrayed a classic western villain. Jack Hawkins played an upper class Englishman abroad in the 'new' country. Honor Blackman portrayed an English lady.
[edit] Plot summary
A hunting party composed of European aristocrats is led into Apache territory by their guide, Bosky Fulton (Stephen Boyd). When French Countess Irina Lazaar (Brigitte Bardot) wanders off by herself, she is confronted by Indians, only to be rescued by Shalako (Sean Connery). When the party ignores his warning to leave Indian country, the Apaches led by Chato (Woody Strode) attack. Based on the book by Louis L'Amour