Never cared much for Mitchum, but an interesting article nonetheless.
Compare Mitchum’s role in El Dorado to Dean Martin’s in Rio Bravo (essentially the same movie done twice). The latter was far superior.
“Compare Mitchum’s role in El Dorado to Dean Martin’s in Rio Bravo (essentially the same movie done twice). The latter was far superior.”
I am an unabashed Mitchum fan, but I agree that Dean Martin’s performance was superior to Mitchum’s turn.
Henry Hathaway also made Rio Lobo, which was the same story filmed a third time, each film (Rio Bravo, El Dorado, and Rio Lobo) starring John Wayne. Wayne’s box office appeal was so strong that Hathaway knew an audience would come just to see Wayne appear in the same film three times. Each film made a profit.
Two Tone wrote: “Compare Mitchum’s role in El Dorado to Dean Martin’s in Rio Bravo (essentially the same movie done twice). The latter was far superior.”
Well, considering the latter came first, and was thus the former, that’s saying a lot.