“MacKenna’s Gold,” a 1969 Western, explores the madness of gold fever and generates considerable suspense surrounding the possibility of a hidden canyon filled with gold. Whether this location actually exists is left open to question. Film historian Brian Garfield, author of "Death Wish" and “Western Films," dismissed "MacKenna's Gold," calling it "the most expensive star-studded two-hour ‘B’ movie ever made; a garga…

J. Lee Thompson directed Mackenna's Gold, a film adapted by Carl Foreman from Henry Wilson Allen’s novel (also known as Heck Allen, Henry Allen & Will Henry!), which draws loosely on the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings. The movie features Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Camilla Sparv, Julie Newmar, Ted Cassidy, and Telly Savalas, with cinematography by Joseph MacDonald in Technicolor and Super Panavision, accompanied by…