Joshua trees are seen in the desert of New Mexico.
Joshua trees are indigenous to the Mohave desert regions of Calif and small portions of Nevada and Arizona.
There are none in New Mexico.
A flaming arrow hits one of the covered wagons along the side, but it goes up in flames at the front above the driver's seat.
One of the cowboys killed fleeing from the overturned coach can be seen still breathing.
A group of arrogant European hunters takes to the North American West to pursue game. Apaches?
Released in 1968, this movie appeared after Sean Connery had starred in five James Bond films and had supposedly retired from playing Bond. In this one, he plays a hero (Shalako) once again, this time a loner that is somewhat of a drifter.
I am old enough to remember 'Cowboy Pictures' before WWII but this must rate as the worst-ever Western foisted on the cinema-going public. Who on Earth dreamed up the idea of a Western starring a complete English cast?
DIRECTOR: Edward Dmytryk. WRITERS: Louis L'Amour (novel) and Clarke Reynolds (screenplay).
The caste alone is worth the admission: Connery, Bardot, Hawkins,Steven Boyd, Eric Sykes, Honor Blackman, Woody Strode, others ... Mostly European (actors) - strange for a Western - but not unrealistic to the times.
SHALAKO (2 outta 5 stars) Sean Connery plays Shalako, a stereotypical western hero who comes across a bunch of upper class British twits who go on a little hunting expedition in the US of A and find themselves stuck in the middle of hostile Indian territory. Well, when it comes to the American Indian versus the British aristocracy I know who *I* would be rooting for...
SHALAKO is a movie that often appears in peoples least favourite western lists and looking at this page many people have said how much they dislike it but as someone who doesn't like the genre all that much I can't say it's all that bad First of all the premise is fairly simple without being threadbare which while not being a guarantee you'll be watching a great movie is often a guarantee you won't be watching an awful one: A bunch of European toffs on a hunting trip arrogantly wander into an Indian reservation and after being warned to leave by former army scout Shalako decide to ignore his expert advice which leads to some nasty consequences .It's not a great story but it does allow for some character conflict and some serious violence .
This is one of my favorite westerns.
This is a most peculiar oddity -- a British Euro-Western shot in Spain by veteran American director Edward Dmytryk. It should come as no surprise that everything, especially the casting, seems a bit off.
