Mackenna's Gold (1969)

Regisseur:

J. Lee Thompson

Drehbuchautoren:

Heck Allen (novel)
Carl Foreman (writer)

Premierendatum:

10. Mai 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Romanze | Western

Werbezeile:

A GIANT OF A MOVIE

Plot:

The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Rope Bridge | Female Nudity | Treasure Hunt | Marshal

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

In old gold days, gold went to the man who had the least desire for it.

Besetzung

Gregory Peck	...	MacKenna
Omar Sharif	...	Colorado
Telly Savalas	...	Sgt. Tibbs
Camilla Sparv	...	Inga Bergmann
Keenan Wynn	...	Sanchez
Julie Newmar	...	Hesh-Ke
Ted Cassidy	...	Hachita
Lee J. Cobb	...	The Editor
Raymond Massey	...	The Preacher
Burgess Meredith	...	The Storekeeper
Anthony Quayle	...	Older Englishman
Edward G. Robinson	...	Old Adams
Eli Wallach	...	Ben Baker
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Prairie Dog
Dick Peabody	...	Avifa

Alternativ:

Mackenna's Gold (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

128 Min | UK:136 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

West Germany:12 (f) (re-rating) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:M | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Arizona, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

Acording to a 1996 biography, Clint Eastwood was first offered the lead role, but turned it down to make Hang 'Em High (1968) instead

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The cloud formation while jumping the earthquake chasm.

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In old gold days, gold went to the man who had the least desire for it.

The movie started with a song where a vulture was flying high and high and watching below for the persons to die. In search of Gold in a canyon called canyon del oro many a prospectors died and kept alive the myth of Apache Gold. Marshall Sam Mackenna was disgusted with that Myth but was captured by Colorado to guide him to the treasure. Ultimately five of them could see the gold, but greed and nature couldn't allow them to carry the bacon home. A tremendous quake made the gold buried and the desire, greed, dreams around that gold came to an end. In the last scene when Colorado parted empty handed, it was that the horse, Mackenna rode carried the gold which Srgt Tibbs collected. Gold went to the honest Marshall who had the least desire for it.

Gregory Peck was as usual at his best in this movie. An honest, intelligent, handsome person with style and awesome voice. Sometimes it seems that Gregory defined gentleman-ship in movies. He was the benchmark. Omar Sharif also portrayed well a character of greed, but a person with courage and exuded faith. When he showed Mackenna the old Newspaper about a millionaire in Paris and confessed that he wanted to be the same with that gold, he pictured an honest illusion. To sum up, the movie is about greed, illusion, jealousy and scheming around Gold and about the ultimate victory of honesty. And how can i finish without saying a word about the scenery. There is a beauty about dry hills, canyon and green valley. Riding a horse through that path can be my dream though not in search of Mackenna's Gold.