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Shalako

Shalako

Sean Connery is Shalako! Shalako means action! Action means Bardot!

19685.61h 53m

Overview

Sean Connery is Shalako, a guide in the old West who has to rescue an aristocratic British hunting party from Indians and bandits.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Written by Hal Hopper, Clarke Reynolds, Louis L'Amour
Produced by Hal Mason, Euan Lloyd, Artur Brauner
Box OfficeBudget: $1.5MRevenue: $2.6M

Top Cast

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Moses Zebulon 'Shalako' Carlin

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

Countess Irina Lazaar

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

Sir Charles Daggett

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Bosky Fulton

Peter van Eyck

Peter van Eyck

Baron Frederick Von Hallstatt

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Lady Julia Daggett

Woody Strode

Woody Strode

Chato

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Henry Clarke

Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes

Mako

Valerie French

Valerie French

Elena Clarke

Themes & Keywords

native americangunfighterhunting party

About Shalako

Shalako is a western film released in 1968 exploring themes of native american, gunfighter, hunting party. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, it stars Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Hawkins. Sean Connery is Shalako, a guide in the old West who has to rescue an aristocratic British hunting party from Indians and bandits.

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