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Shalako Details

1969

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Starring	Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins
Director	Edward Dmytryk
Genres	Action/Adventure

Shalako

In late-19th-century New Mexico, a hunting party of decadent European aristocrats wanders onto the reservation of some angry Apaches, and it's up to the mysterious wanderer, Shalako (Sean Connery), to save them from getting slaughtered. The group includes Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER) as the sexually restless Lady Bagget and BrigItte Bardot as the sharp shooting Countess Lazaar, who (of course) falls for Shalako. It's an unusual blend of wide-open Western action and European character intrigue as the decadent aristocrats sip champagne and flirt with their unwashed, treacherous cowboy guides. Veteran director Edward Dmytryk keeps the flaming arrows flying while Connery and Bardot hold attention in this weird hybrid of American Western and European art film. (Yes, Bardot has a seminude bathing scene.) SHALAKO, based on the novel by Louis L'Amour, was filmed almost entirely outdoors amid the dark grey landscapes of Almeria, Spain, in a style undoubtedly indebted to the Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns of the time.

Starring	Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Woody Strode, Honor Blackman, Eric Sykes, Peter Van Eyck
Director	Edward Dmytryk
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 48 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1969 To Rent: DVD: 19 Jul 2004

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- A cute idea is given routine treatment; though packed with stars, the action never becomes very exciting despite incidental brutalities.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Best western
  
  Sean Connery leads a party of European Toffs into indian terratory for a spot of hunting. Bridget Bardot looks fantastic as the lady who falls in love.
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  - cornwall
  - 14 Nov 2004 at 10:04
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  connery's early films
  
  it was enjoyable but not one of his best films, glad i have seen it but wouldn't rush out to buy it .
  
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  - notts
  - 01 Nov 2006 at 11:26
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  Wacky western
  
  On first viewing of this film, you cannot help but ask the question; who on earth was the casting director? I rented this film due to the casting of Sean ... read more »
  
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- - Gavin M
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 26 Apr 2006 at 21:53
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  Mediocre
  
  I think this is a good film that promises to entertain and will not let you down, i guess it comes down to preferences
  
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  - 29 Oct 2005 at 00:39
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  In late-19th-century New Mexico, a hunting party of decadent European aristocrats wanders onto the reservation of some angry Apaches, and it's up to the mysterious wanderer, Shalako (Sean Connery), to save them from getting slaughtered. The group includes Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER) ...