Shalako (film)

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Shalako

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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.

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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

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