Mackenna's Gold (1969)

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Writers:

Heck Allen (novel)
Carl Foreman (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 May 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Western

Tagline:

A GIANT OF A MOVIE

Plot:

The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to...

Plot Keywords:

Gold | Marshal | Cavalry | Buzzard | Canyon

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gregory Peck	...	MacKenna
Omar Sharif	...	Colorado
Telly Savalas	...	Sgt. Tibbs
Camilla Sparv	...	Inga Bergmann
Keenan Wynn	...	Sanchez
Julie Newmar	...	Hesh-Ke
Ted Cassidy	...	Hachita
Lee J. Cobb	...	The Editor
Raymond Massey	...	The Preacher
Burgess Meredith	...	The Storekeeper
Anthony Quayle	...	Older Englishman
Edward G. Robinson	...	Old Adams
Eli Wallach	...	Ben Baker
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Prairie Dog
Dick Peabody	...	Avifa
Rudy Diaz	...	Besh
Robert Phillips	...	Monkey
Shelley Morrison	...	Pima Squaw
Robert Porter	...	Young Englishman (as J. Robert Porter)
David Garfield	...	Adams' Boy (as John Garfield Jr.)
Pepe Callahan	...	Laguna
Madeleine Taylor Holmes	...	Old Apache woman
Duke Hobbie	...	Lieutenant
Victor Jory	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trevor Bardette	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
J. Lee Thompson

Writing credits
Heck Allen		(novel) (as Will Henry)
Carl Foreman		(screenplay)

Produced by
Carl Foreman	....	producer
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	producer

Original Music by
Quincy Jones

Cinematography by
Joseph MacDonald		(as Joseph Macdonald)

Film Editing by
Bill Lenny

Production Design by
Geoffrey Drake

Art Direction by
Geoffrey Drake
Cary Odell

Set Decoration by
Alfred E. Spencer

Costume Design by
Norma Koch

Makeup Department
Virginia Jones	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Ralph E. Black	....	production manager (as Ralph Black)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Salven	....	assistant director
Tom Shaw	....	second unit director

Art Department
Eugene J. Reed	....	carpenter

Sound Department
John Blunt	....	stereophonic dubbing: (Cine Tele Sound )
Peter Bond	....	assistant sound editor
Derek Frye	....	sound supervisor
Jeanne Henderson	....	sound editor
Bob Jones	....	stereophonic dubbing: (Shepperton Studios )
William M. Randall Jr.	....	unit sound recordist (as William Randall Jr.)
John Blunt	....	sound (uncredited)
Tony Dawe	....	foley recordist (uncredited)
Bob Jones	....	sound (uncredited)
Bill Taylor	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lawrence W. Butler	....	special visual effects (as Larry Butler)
Willis Cook	....	special visual effects
Bob Cuff	....	special visual effects: (Abacus Productions Ltd. )
Geoffrey Drake	....	special visual effects: (Abacus Productions Ltd. )
John Mackey	....	special visual effects: (Abacus Productions Ltd. )
Joy Cuff	....	matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	....	stunt coordinator (as Buzz Henry)
May Boss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buff Brady	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Burk	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Dale	....	stunts (uncredited)
Pete Dunn	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (uncredited)
Terry Leonard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Neil Summers	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Donald C. Glouner	....	additional photographer (as Don Glouner)
John Mackey	....	additional photographer
Richard Moore	....	additional photographer
Harold E. Wellman	....	photographer: second unit (as Harold Wellman)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Norma Koch	....	wardrobe designer

Editorial Department
Don Deacon	....	associate film editor (as Donald Deacon)
Lois Gray	....	first assistant film editor
John F. Link	....	associate film editor (as John Link Jr.)
Raymond Poulton	....	associate film editor

Music Department
José Feliciano	....	musician: guitar and vocal for "Old Turkey Buzzard"
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator
Leo Arnaud	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Gus Levene	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gene Clinesmith	....	driver

Other crew
José Feliciano	....	introduced by
Bobby Hoffman	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents)
• Highroad Productions (as A Highroad Presentation)
• Open Road

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• CBS Television Network (1972) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Bureau of Land Management  special thanks
• National Park Service, The  special thanks
• Sunset Gower Studios  sound stages

Also Known As:

Carl Foreman's Mackenna's Gold (Australia) (poster title)

Runtime:

128 min | UK:136 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:PG | West Germany:12 (f) (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The pool and waterfall where part of the action takes place was man-made and the water had to be hauled in by tanker truck.

Goofs:

Continuity: The cloud formation while jumping the earthquake chasm.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Swamp Diamonds (#6.3)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Old Turkey Buzzard

The worlds first Sci-Fi Western

Its got everything! Two fisted action! Gorgeous females! Catfights! Gregory Peck! Camilla Sparve! a Whos Who of yesterdays character actors! Hokey dialog! Excellent Special Effects! Great scenery! Ultra-Panavision™! Directed by the guy who did Bridge Over River Kwai! ah well, according to several sources this movie was supposed to be over 3 hours long, and was going to come out as a Cinerama-type Road Show...but the days of that were dying and Columbia got cold feet, so it was cut to a little over 2 hours; There are some minor differences between 35 and 70mm prints; This movie is a hoot-see it!