Mackenna's Gold
1969 film by J. Lee Thompson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 | |
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Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
Screenplay by | Carl Foreman |
Based on | Mackenna's Gold 1963 novel by Will Henry |
Produced by | Carl Foreman Dimitri Tiomkin |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Victor Jory |
Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
Edited by | Bill Lenny |
Music by | Quincy Jones |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production companies | Highroad Productions, Inc. |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $7 million[1] |
Box office | $41 million (est.) |
Mackenna's Gold is based on the novel of the same name by Heck Allen using the pen name 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. The film was a box-office failure in North America, but went on to become a major success in the Soviet Union and the Indian subcontinent.