In late-19th-century New Mexico a hunting party of decadent European aristocrats wanders onto the reservation of some angry Apaches & it's up to the mysterious wanderer Shalako (Sean Connery) to save them from getting slaughtered The group
Includes:: Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER) as the sexually restless Lady Bagget & Brig Itte Bardot as the sharp shooting Countess Lazaar who (of course) falls for Shalako It's an unusual blend of wide-open Western action & European character intrigue as the decadent aristocrats sip champagne & flirt with their unwashed treacherous cowboy guides Veteran director Edward Dmytryk keeps the flaming arrows flying while Connery & Bardot hold attention in this weird hybrid of American Western & European art film (Yes Bardot has a seminude bathing scene) SHALAKO based on the novel by Louis L' Amour was filmed almost entirely outdoors amid the dark grey landscapes of Almeria Spain in a style undoubtedly indebted to the Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns of the time