Synopsis
Marshal MacKenna (Gregory Peck) comes into the possession of an old map which could lead him to the ancient gold in the canyon. Mexican outlaw, Colorado (Omar Shariff) and his men kidnap MacKenna and hold him hostage to lead them to the treasure.
Did you know?
The movie Mackenna's Gold is loosely based on the Adams legend that the southwestern deserts of the USA, contain a hidden canyon guarded by the Apache gods and rich with gold. Three hundred years later, the Americans came. They heard about the legend but called it, "The Lost Adams". That was because a man named Adams saw it once or so he said. But whether he did or not, he never saw anything again because the Apache's burned out his eyes. Numerous books about, or based on the diggings, have been written. The amount of mail being sent to western New Mexico during the 1930s prompted the government to create a new post office in the area affectionately named, "Lost Adams Diggings, NM". The site, minus the post office, which later shut down, bear witness to the lust for gold that will never diminish among those who catch the fever
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There’s a great opening sequence with Joe MacDonald’s camera swooping and soaring over a primal western landscape to the accompaniment of Victor Jory’s narration and Jose Feliciano’s theme song. Ancient buttes and mesas rise up from the parched desert floor before the circling camera locks o...
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MacKenna, Colorado and the US army police person travel down the floor of the Canyon de Chelly Monument in Arizona, USA. Canyon del Oro as the Spanish called it, means the Canyon of Gold. This is shot in the Canyon de Chelly Monument in Arizona, USA...
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The Shaking Rock shadow which is created for a few minutes at sunrise points the way to the hidden canyon in Canyon del Oro. MacKenna and his team on horseback follow the shadow of the Shaking Rock which is the Spider Rock, as it grows across the floor of the canyon and points to a narrow opening in...
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MacKenna and Camilla climb up to the old ancient Indian pueblos from the floor of the canyon, since MacKenna knew that Colorado would kill them as soon as he laid his eyes on the gold. Colorado, however pursues them to the top of the pueblo and tries to kill MacKenna on the high ledge. This is shot ...
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