Shalako
Shalako

Shalako

1968Movie113 minEnglish

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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IMDb5.7/10
Director: Edward DmytrykGenres: Western, Adventure, Romance

Plot Summary

In 1880, Count Anatol von Bledow leads a group of European aristocrats on a hunting expedition across the unforgiving American West. When they fall prey to a brutal Apache attack, their only hope for survival lies with a hardened frontiersman named Shalako. He must guide them through treacherous territory, facing both external dangers and the internal conflicts of the European nobility.

Critical Reception

Shalako was met with mixed to negative reviews from critics, with many finding its plot contrived and its blend of European glamour and Western action jarring. Audiences were similarly divided, though its star power, particularly Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot, drew significant attention.

What Reviewers Say

  • The film struggles to blend its European high-society elements with the Western genre.
  • Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot's star power is a major draw, but not enough to elevate the weak plot.
  • Critics found the action sequences uninspired and the overall narrative predictable.

Google audience: Audience reviews are scarce, but comments that exist often mention the unusual pairing of stars and a storyline that doesn't quite deliver on its potential.

Fun Fact

Brigitte Bardot, one of the biggest stars in the world at the time, was reportedly unhappy during the filming in Spain, finding the conditions difficult and disliking the script.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Right from the start, with a pretty awful theme song that struggles to rhyme “have a go” with “Shalako”, the writing is on the wall and it’s more graffiti than Pulitzer. A group of yesterday’s A-listers are assembled to form a hunting party...