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Release Date:
4 April 1959 (USA)
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and Dean and Ricky sing, too! "Rio Bravo" "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" "Cindy" more
Plot:
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter...
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Small Town
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Sheriff
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Jail
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Texas
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Gunslinger
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2 wins
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1 nomination
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This movie has all the elements of the quintessential Western.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| John Wayne | ... | Sheriff John T. Chance | |
| Dean Martin | ... | Dude ('Borachón') | |
| Ricky Nelson | ... | Colorado Ryan | |
| Angie Dickinson | ... | Feathers | |
| Walter Brennan | ... | Stumpy | |
| Ward Bond | ... | Pat Wheeler | |
| John Russell | ... | Nathan Burdette | |
| Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | ... | Carlos Robante (as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez) | |
| Estelita Rodriguez | ... | Consuela Robante | |
| Claude Akins | ... | Joe Burdette | |
| Malcolm Atterbury | ... | Jake (stage driver) | |
| Harry Carey Jr. | ... | Harold (scenes deleted) | |
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| Sheb Wooley | ... | Cowboy (scenes deleted) | |
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Also Known As:
Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
141 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Australia:G |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
West Germany:12 (nf) |
USA:Approved (certificate #19034) |
South Korea:15 (2007) |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U (re-release) |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
UK:U (original rating) (cut)
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The movie had an interesting preview trailer. In the trailer, Ricky Nelson finishes playing his guitar, then he turns to the camera and talks about the exciting nature of the film. After some clips are shown, they cut back to Nelson who lists the cast members. When he does not mention his own name, we hear the voice of Dean Martin say off camera "What about Rick Nelson"?
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the final gunfight, when Stumpy throws the Dynamite for Dude, and Dude says, "I didn't allow for the wind ", his lips never move.
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Referenced in "Angel: Dad (#3.10)" (2001)
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Soundtrack:
Cindy
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The story itself is a composite of all the elements needed to make a great Western: good guys in white hats, bad guys in black hats, townspeople content to stand aside and to let the battle be fought between the outlaws and the man with the tin star, a beautiful woman to distract the hero and finally help him when the chips are down.
The main stars, John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Angie Dickinson all turn in the top-notch performances one would expect from them, and Rick Nelson is a very pleasant surprise as Colorado. It's two others that separate this movie from other Westerns, though.
Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales, as Carlos the hotel-keeper, is a breath of fresh air. His interplay with John Wayne's John T. Chance adds a touch of human reality to the movie that sets it apart.
Walter Brennan in his role as Stumpy, however, is the glue that holds the whole thing together and makes it work. His constant griping under his breath, his goading of Wayne, his dialogue with the prisoner and his general comic relief set Rio Bravo apart from any other Western and put it in a class of its own. Keenan Wynn in Eldorado doesn't even come close.