Howard Hawks Movies: Top 4 Performances by a Successful Producer



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El Dorado Poster
El Dorado ( 1966) | IMDb: 7.5
Western
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Starring:
John Wayne , Robert Mitchum , James Caan , Charlene Holt , Paul Fix , Arthur Hunnicutt
Directed by:
Andrew J. Durkus , Howard Hawks , Charlsie Bryant
Produced by:
John R. Coonan , Howard Hawks , Paul Helmick
Land of the Pharaohs Poster
Land of the Pharaohs ( 1955) | IMDb: 6.6
Drama , History
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
Starring:
Jack Hawkins , Joan Collins , Dewey Martin , Alex Minotis , James Robertson Justice , Luisella Boni
Directed by:
Maisie Kelly , Noël Howard , Howard Hawks
Produced by:
Arthur Siteman , Howard Hawks , Chuck Hansen
The Big Sky Poster
The Big Sky ( 1952) | IMDb: 6.9
Adventure , Romance , Western
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
Starring:
Kirk Douglas , Dewey Martin , Elizabeth Threatt , Arthur Hunnicutt , Buddy Baer , Steven Geray
Directed by:
Howard Hawks
Produced by:
Howard Hawks
Red River Poster
Red River ( 1948) | IMDb: 7.8
Western
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Starring:
John Wayne , Montgomery Clift , Joanne Dru , Walter Brennan , Coleen Gray , Harry Carey
Directed by:
Arthur Siteman , Joe Wonder , Howard Hawks
Produced by:
Betty Evans , Dave Gunreth , Howard Alston