Rio Bravo
1959 ‧ Western/Action ‧ 2h 21m
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,...
Release date: March 18, 1959 (USA)
Director: Howard Hawks
Music by: Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
Distributed by: Netflix and Warner Bros.
Based on: "Rio Bravo"; by B. H. McCampbell
Box office: $5.75 million (US and Canada rentals)
People also ask
Are Rio Bravo and El Dorado the same story?
"El Dorado" was a remake of Hawks' "Rio Bravo" (1958), and "Rio Lobo" draws from both of them. (It is said that when Hawks called Wayne and offered to send over the script, Wayne replied, "Why bother?
Is Rio Bravo worth watching?
A marvelous motion picture. It's pure romantic bliss that feels about as far away from a political statement as you could imagine. A uniquely entertaining work of art.
Was Rio Bravo made twice?
Howard Hawks went on to direct two loose variations of Rio Bravo with the idea of a sheriff defending his office against belligerent outlaws. John Wayne starred in both films, released as El Dorado in 1966 with Robert Mitchum playing a variation of Dean Martin's original role, and Rio Lobo in 1970.
How many Rio Bravo movies are there?
Rio Bravo was a commercial success, and the two men all but remade the movie twice, in El Dorado (1967) and in Rio Lobo (1970), Hawks's final film.
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