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Rio
Bravo
Release date 18th March 1959
Country : USA
Running time : 141 mins
Genre : Western
Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
Screenplay by Jules Furthman
Directed by Howard Hawks
Sheriff John Chance has to face hired guns with only the help of a drunken deputy and a cripple. Young Colorado gets involved by accident.
DVD
ReviewRelease date 18th March 1959
Country : USA
Running time : 141 mins
Genre : Western
Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
Screenplay by Jules Furthman
Directed by Howard Hawks
Sheriff John Chance has to face hired guns with only the help of a drunken deputy and a cripple. Young Colorado gets involved by accident.
Not revolutionary but incredibly
entertaining western which was Hawks' reaction to High Noon (1952)
which both he and Wayne thought was unAmerican. In contrast in this
film the hero gets some help even if it is provided by a drunk, a
youngster (a talented gunslinger) and a cripple.
For the first four minutes there is no
dialogue.
This was western regular Ward Bond's 22nd
and last movie with the Duke.
DVD
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