Mackenna's Gold (1969)


Mackenna's Gold
Release Date18 March 1969
Budget$7,000,000
TaglineA GIANT OF A MOVIE
GenreRomance, Western
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsArizona, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix70 mm 6-Track
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassTraditional Western
ThemesTreasure Hunts, Sheriffs and Outlaws, Obsessive Quests
TonesTense, Atmospheric, Gritty
TagsAvalanche, Conflict, Double Cross, Earthquake, Gold, Indian (Native American), Map, Rival, Sheriff, Target [object Of Attack], Treasure

Mackenna's Gold is a 1969 western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, and Julie Newmar. It was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Joseph MacDonald, with original music by Quincy Jones.


Cast and Crew


Cast

MacKenna

Colorado

Sgt. Tibbs

Inga Bergmann

Sanchez

Hesh-Ke

Hachita

The Editor

The Preacher

The Storekeeper

Older Englishman

Old Adams

Ben Baker

Prairie Dog

Dick Peabody
Avifa

Besh

Robert Phillips
Monkey

Pima Squaw

Robert Porter
Young Englishman

David Garfield
Adams' Boy

Pepe Callahan
Laguna

Madeleine Taylor Holmes
Old Apache woman

Duke Hobbie
Lieutenant

Narrator

Director

J. Lee Thompson
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Writer

Heck Allen

Carl Foreman

Producer

Carl Foreman
producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Joseph MacDonald

Editor

Bill Lenny
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Production Designer

Geoffrey Drake
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Art Director

Geoffrey Drake
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Cary Odell
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Set Decorator

Alfred E. Spencer
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Costume Designer

Norma Koch
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Makeup Department

Virginia Jones
hair stylist

Production Manager

Ralph E. Black
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David Salven
assistant director

Tom Shaw
second unit director

Sound Department

John Blunt
stereophonic dubbing: , sound

Peter Bond
assistant sound editor

Derek Frye
sound supervisor

Jeanne Henderson
sound editor

Bob Jones
stereophonic dubbing: , sound

William M. Randall Jr.
unit sound recordist

Tony Dawe
foley recordist

Bill Taylor
sound editor

Visual Effects

Lawrence W. Butler
special visual effects

Willis Cook
special visual effects

Bob Cuff
special visual effects:

Geoffrey Drake
special visual effects:

John Mackey
special visual effects:

Joy Cuff
matte painter

Stunts

Robert 'Buzz' Henry
stunt coordinator

May Boss
stunts

Buff Brady
stunts

Jim Burk
stunts

Steven Burnett
stunts

Fred Dale
stunts

Pete Dunn
stunts

stunts

Bob Herron
stunts

Terry Leonard
stunts

Neil Summers
stunts

Buddy Van Horn
stunt double, stunts

Jack Williams
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Donald C. Glouner
additional photographer

John Mackey
additional photographer

Richard Moore
additional photographer

Harold E. Wellman
photography: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Norma Koch
wardrobe designer

Editorial Department

Don Deacon
associate film editor

Lois Gray
first assistant film editor

John F. Link
associate film editor

Raymond Poulton
associate film editor

Music Department

musician: guitar and vocal for "Old Turkey Buzzard"

orchestrator

Leo Shuken
orchestrator

Transportation Department

Gene Clinesmith
driver

Other Crew

introduced by

Bobby Hoffman
dialogue coach

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Highroad Productions

Open Road
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Film-Verleih

CBS Television Network

Columbia TriStar Home Video
,

Columbia TriStar

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Miscellaneous

Bureau of Land Management
special thanks

National Park Service, The
special thanks

Sunset Gower Studios
sound stages






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Films directed by J. Lee Thompson
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Cape Fear (1962)
Firewalker (1986)
Mackenna's Gold
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The Chairman (1969)
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