Shalako

Shalako

1968 · 113 min · EN · 5.6 (101 votes)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · Starring Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Peter van Eyck, Honor Blackman · Music Robert Farnon

“Sean Connery is Shalako! Shalako means action! Action means Bardot!”

Western

While guiding a hunting party of clueless European aristocrats, cowboy Bosky Fulton leads them into hostile Apache territory. Becoming separated from the group, Countess Irina Lazaar experiences the first run-in with an Apache, which results in the tracker Shalako coming to her rescue. Despite Shalako's warning to leave the area immediately, the pampered foreigners fail to take him seriously, leaving them in grave danger.

VIBE

A stark and unforgiving Western where survival is paramount. The frontier feels vast and dangerous, with every encounter carrying the weight of potential violence. It's a raw, unvarnished look at a harsh world.

grittytenseviolentbleaksteadyclassic westerngritty realismfrontier dramasurvivalcultural clashhonor
native americangunfighterhunting party