Shalako (film)

Shalako
Shalako
	original film poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed by	Edward Dmytryk
Written by	J.J. Griffith; Hal Hopper
Produced by	Euan Lloyd
Starring	Sean Connery; Brigitte Bardot; Stephen Boyd; Jack Hawkins; Peter van Eyck; Honor Blackman; Woody Strode; Eric Sykes; Alexander Knox; Valerie French;
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Edited by	John D. Guthridge; Bill Blunden
Music by	Robert Farnon
Production; companies	Palomar Pictures International; Kingston Film Productions, Ltd.; CCC Film
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation (USA); Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK); Columbia-Bavaria Film (W. Germany)
Release dates	26 September 1968 (West Germany); 11 December 1968 (London); 11 December 1968 (UK); October 7, 1968 (SFC);
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States; West Germany
Language	English
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$1,100,000（US Rentals） or $2,620,000

Shalako is a 1968 Western film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London with sets designed by the art director Herbert Smith. Location shooting took place in Almería in southern Spain, particularly in the Tabernas Desert which was frequently used in European westerns during the decade.

The cast also includes Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, and Honor Blackman, Connery's co-star in Goldfinger. It is based on a 1962 novel of the same title by Louis L'Amour. It was the first in a trilogy of L'Amour adaptions from Euan Lloyd.^[4]

^ TAD SZULC (Apr 1, 1968). "Financial Close-Up of a Movie Cliff-Hanger: Financing of a Movie in Spain Turns Out to Be a Cliff-Hanger". New York Times. p. 69.
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^ "Shalako (1968) - Financial Information". www.the-numbers.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ Vagg, Stephen (17 May 2020). "Roast Beef Westerns". Filmink.