Mackenna's Gold
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Produced by |
Carl Foreman Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Screenplay by | Carl Foreman |
| Based on |
Mackenna's Gold 1963 novel by Heck Allen |
| Starring |
and, in alphabetical order, The Gentlemen from Hadleyburg:
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| Narrated by | Victor Jory |
| Music by | Quincy Jones |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Bill Lenny |
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Production
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Highroad Productions, Inc.
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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Running time
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128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7,000,000 |
| Box office | $3.1 million (US/ Canada rentals) |
Mackenna's Gold is a 1969 American western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring an ensemble cast featuring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Ted Cassidy, Camilla Sparv and Julie Newmar in lead roles. It was photographed in Super Panavision 70 and Technicolor by Joseph MacDonald, with original music by Quincy Jones.
Mackenna's Gold is based on the novel of the same name by Heck Allen using the penname Will Henry, telling the story of how the lure of gold corrupts a diverse group of people. The novel was loosely based on the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings, crediting the Frank Dobie account of the legend (Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver) in the author's note.
An old legend tells of a fortune in gold hidden in the "Cañon del Oro," later called "The Lost Adams," guarded by the Apache spirits. A man named Adams is said to have found it when he was a young man, only to have the Indians capture and blind him after killing his companions. Years later, Marshal MacKenna (Gregory Peck), a one-time gold prospector himself, wounds an old Indian shaman named Prairie Dog (Eduardo Ciannelli) who tried to ambush him. Prairie Dog subsequently dies despite MacKenna's attending to him. MacKenna thereby comes into possession of a map that supposedly shows the way to the treasure. Though skeptical, he memorizes the directions before burning the map.
Mexican outlaw John Colorado (Omar Sharif) and his gang have been tracking Prairie Dog to get the map, all the while being chased by the U.S. Cavalry. They take shelter in the house of the old judge of the town of Hadleyburg, kill the judge and kidnap his daughter, Inga Bergmann (Camilla Sparv), to use as a hostage in case the cavalry catches up with them.
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