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Rio Bravo: Directed by Howard Hawks. With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson. 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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- Howard Hawks
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- Drama, Western
Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond.
- $1,214,899
- April 4, 1959
- Howard Hawks
Jun 5, 2022 · Here's John Wayne's unofficial Rio Bravo trilogy, ranked from worst to best. Wayne kicked off his career with a small, uncredited role in the 1926 silent movie Brown Of Harvard, and it wasn't until 1939's Stagecoach that he became a star.
Jul 15, 2009 · To watch "Rio Bravo" is to see a master craftsman at work. The film is seamless. There is not a shot that is wrong. It is uncommonly absorbing, and the 141-minute running time flows past like running water. It contains one of John Wayne ’s best performances. It has surprisingly warm romantic chemistry between Wayne and Angie Dickinson.
Details. Cast and Crew. Howard Hawks. John Wayne. Angie Dickinson. Ward Bond. There's a showdown at Rio Bravo when courageous Sheriff John T. Chance throws the brother of evil cattle baron Nathan Burdette in jail for murder.
- 141 min
- 6
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Rio Bravo, American western film, released in 1959, that was one of the most enduring collaborations between director Howard Hawks and star John Wayne. Sheriff John T. Chance (played by Wayne) presides over the small Texas town of Rio Bravo. When Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) is arrested for murder,
When gunslinger Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) kills a man in a saloon, Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) arrests him with the aid of the town drunk, Dude (Dean Martin). Before long, Burdette's brother, Nathan (John Russell), comes around, indicating that he's prepared to bust his brother out of jail if necessary.
