Shalako is a 1968 British western film directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. Stephen Boyd portrayed a classic western villain. Jack Hawkins played an upper class Englishman abroad in the "new" country. Honor Blackman portrayed an English lady Julia Daggett. A hunting party composed of European aristocrats is led into Apache territory by their guide, Bosky Fulton . When French Countess Irina Lazaar wanders off by herself, she is confronted by Indians, only to be rescued by Shalako . When the party ignores his warning to leave Indian country, the Apaches led by... Chato attack. Based on the book by Louis L'Amour. Producer Euan Lloyd was introduced to Louis L'Amour by his friend Alan Ladd. Over the years as Lloyd dreamed of becoming an independent producer he kept in touch with L'Amour with a view of filming his 1962 Shalako. At one time Lloyd had lined up Henry Fonda and Senta Berger for the film to be made in Mexico but the reluctance of many film distributors to financially back Fonda and changes in the economic situation made filming in Mexico more expensive than planned.
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| Release date: | 1968 |
| Directed by: | Edward Dmytryk |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Euan Lloyd |
| Music by: | Robert Farnon |
| Cinematography: | Ted Moore |
| Genre: | Western, Action |