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Rio Lobo is a 1970 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, from a screenplay by Burton Wohl and Leigh Brackett. The film was shot in Cuernavaca in the Mexican state of Morelos and in Tucson, Arizona. The musical score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Rio Lobo: Directed by Howard Hawks. With John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam. After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the two traitors whose treachery caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
STORYLINE: Bent on unearthing the cynical traitor who sold information to the enemy and caused the death of a dear brother-in-arms, the battle-tested former Union cavalry officer, Colonel Cord McNally, teams up with a pair of ex-Confederates after the Civil War.
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Sep 25, 2015 · Rio Lobo (1970) PG | 114 min | Adventure, Western, Romance | 18 December 1970 (USA) After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend. Director: Howard Hawks.
Rio Lobo. Action. 114 minutes ‧ G ‧ 1970. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1970. 3 min read. Howard Hawks’ “Rio Lobo” is a John Wayne Western. That was a little unusual in 1970, because John Wayne had unaccountably been finding himself in some Westerns that weren’t John Wayne Westerns.
Now, as friends, the McNally and the Confederate captain Pierre Cordona ride into Rio Lobo--a dusty town in the middle of the desert overcome by corruption--to bring to justice the remaining traitor who sold McNally out; however, the town is rife with the betrayer's murderous cut-throats.