El Dorado

El Dorado is a 1966 American Western film directed and produced by the late Howard Hawks and starring the late John Wayne and the late Robert Mitchum. Written by the late Leigh Brackett and loosely based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by the late Harry Brown. The supporting cast features the late James Caan, the late Charlene Holt, the late Paul Fix, the late Arthur Hunnicutt, the late Michele Carey, the late R. G. Armstrong, the late Ed Asner, the late Christopher George, the late Adam Roarke, and the late Jim Davis.

Heartless tycoon Bart Jason (Edward Asner) hires a group of thugs to force the MacDonald family out of El Dorado so he can claim their land. J.P. Harrah, the town's sheriff, is too deep in the throes of alcoholism to help the family. When Harrah's friend, noble elder gunfighter Cole Thorton (John Wayne), learns of the predicament, he travels to El Dorado with his upstart friend, Mississippi (James Caan), to help Harrah clean up in time for a shootout against Jason's men.

Victims

• Luke MacDonald - Shot in the chest by Cole Thornton then shot himself in the head to avoid bleeding to death. Proxy Kill for Cole Thornton.
• Johnny Diamond - Killed by Charlie Hagan and three other men off-screen, mentioned.
• Three Unnamed Men - Killed by Alan Bourdillion "Mississippi" Traherne off-screen, mentioned.
• Charlie Hagan - Knife thrown into his chest by Alan Bourdillion "Mississippi" Traherne.
• Unnamed Gang Member - Shot by Cole Thornton.
• Unnamed Gang Member - Shot by Cole Thornton.
• Unnamed Gang Member - Shot by Sheriff J.P. Harrah.
• Unnamed Gang Member - Shot by Alan Bourdillion "Mississippi" Traherne.
• Unnamed Gang Member - Shot by Cole Thornton.
• Unnamed Gang Member - Shot by Sheriff J.P. Harrah.
• Milt - Shot by gang members after Cole Thornton forced him at gunpoint to go outside where he was shot.
• Pedro - Shot by Alan Bourdillion "Mississippi" Traherne.
• Unnamed Gang Member - Shot in the back by Bull Harris with an arrow.
• Jim Purvis - Shot by Cole Thornton.
• Nelse McLeod - Shot by Cole Thornton.
• Bart Jason - Shot by Josephine "Joey" MacDonald

Deaths

• Total - 18
  • 18 Humans
    • All Men

Kill Counts

1. Cole Thornton - 7
2. Alan Bourdillion "Mississippi" Traherne - 6
3. Sheriff J.P. Harrah - 2
4. Josephine "Joey" MacDonald - 1
5. Bull Harris - 1
6. Charlie Hagan - 1 (Deceased)