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Rio Bravo (1959)

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User Rating: 8.0/10 (13,668 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Howard Hawks
Writers:
B.H. McCampbell (short story)
Jules Furthman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 April 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Western | Romance | Drama more
Tagline:
John Wayne The big guy with the battered hat... and Dean Martin the ragged woman-wrecked castoff called Dude... and Ricky Nelson The rockin' babyfaced gunfisted kid... And Time Was Running Out Through Bullet Holes At Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" more
Plot:
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Excellent, Character Led Western more

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sheb Wooley ... Cowboy (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
141 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Australia:G | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | UK:U (original rating) (cut)
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Trivia:
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"? more
Goofs:
Continuity: Feathers throws a pot plant through the window to distract the gunmen. Next scene the window is not damaged at all. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
John T. Chance: Joe, you're under arrest.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Charlie Rose Show: Quentin Tarantino" (1994) more
Soundtrack:
My Rifle, My Pony, and Me more

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17 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent, Character Led Western, 20 September 2004
8/10
Author: Michael Grantham from London, England

I had to comment on this as the only other comment said it was too long and too dull. I recorded it for my father, who is a western fan, and watched it with him and my wife.

The movie has charismatic performances from Wayne and especially Walter Brennan as the old deputy. He made us laugh out loud several times. True it isn't all action, but more about characters. Ricky Nelson did okay, no Oscars here but a competent enough piece of acting as a young, brash cowboy.

Angie Dickinson plays the love interest and boy was she gorgeous in those days! OK so the Duke was cracking on a bit for the young and lovely Angie to fall in love with him, but there wasn't much else in the town to fancy and some women like older men!

Very enjoyable Western. I gave it 8/10.

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