Rio Bravo

1959
Approved
2h 21m

IMDb RATING

8.0/10

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A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

71K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,425

610

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Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total

Carlos Robante
(as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez)

Estelita Rodriguez

Consuelo Robante

Claude Akins

Joe Burdette

Malcolm Atterbury

Jake (Stage Driver)
(scenes deleted)

Harry Carey Jr.

Harold
(scenes deleted)

Sheb Wooley

Cowboy
(scenes deleted)

Fred Aldrich

Barfly
(uncredited)

Frank Balderrama

Barfly
(uncredited)

Walter Barnes

Charlie
(uncredited)

George Bell

Barfly
(uncredited)

Audrey Betz

Bartender
(uncredited)

Director
- Howard Hawks
Writers
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Howard Hawks did not want to cast Ricky Nelson, whom he considered to be both too young and too lightweight, and deliberately gave him the fewest possible number of lines for a third-billed star. However, he later admitted that having Nelson's name on the poster had probably added $2 million to the film's box office performance.

Goofs
At night when Dude and Chance are making their rounds, the camera follows Dude as he walks briefly off the set. A huge concrete pillar that he walks past can be seen.

Quotes
Feathers: I thought you were never going to say it.
John T. Chance: Say what?
Feathers: That you love me.
John T. Chance: I said I'd arrest you.
Feathers: It means the same thing, you know that.

Connections
Edited into La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993)

Soundtracks
Rio Bravo
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Dean Martin (uncredited)

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Featured review

8/10

Classic John Wayne Western

Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) for killing an unarmed man. Only Joe's brother Nathan (John Russell) wants Joe freed, and he'll use everything in his powers. The only hope Chance has is a drunk (Dean Martin), a kid (Ricky Nelson), and ol' Stumpy (Walter Brennan).

This is classic John Wayne at his finest. He is the great gunslinger facing insurmountable odds who takes on the bad guys with his brains, his determination, and his skills. Directed by Howard Hawks, this is just a great old fashion western. They even have Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson sing-along. Angie Dickinson plays the romantic lead. Sure, it is cliché. The good guys always win in the end. But there's nothing wrong with that.