Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Ward Bond, Claude Akins, Walter Brennan, John Russell

Director: Howard Hawks

Summary: A sheriff gets help from the most unlikely locals to hold someone in jail.

No-nonsense Texas border sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) fights off ruthless mercenary gunmen in order to keep a murderer in custody. A ragtag band of volunteers, consisting of a singing kid, a toothless old man, a recovering alcoholic, and a spunky woman, assists. Contains an interesting sing-along interlude among the group, and yes, the Duke participates.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 23, 2006 1:03 PM

John Wayne teams up with Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in this western classic directed by Howard Hawks . Wayne plays a small town sheriff desperately trying to fend off a clan of villains determined to release the murderer they're holding in jail . Also stars
Ward Bond , Angie Dickinson , Walter Brennan ( he's hilarious ) ,
Pedro Gonzalez - Gonzalez and Etelita Rodriguez .

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When it comes down to naming the best Western of all time, the list usually narrows to three completely different pictures: Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo, Hawks' Red Riverand John Ford's The Searchers. About the only thing they all have in common is that they all star John Wayne. But while The Searchersis an epic quest for revenge and Red River, a sweeping cattle-drive drama, Rio Bravois a much calmer film. Basically, it comes down to Sheriff John T Chance (Wayne), his alcoholic friend Dude (Dean Martin), the hotshot new kid Colorado (Ricky Nelson), and deputy-sidekick Stumpy (Walter Brennan), sittin' around in the town jail, drinkin' black coffee, shootin' the breeze, and occasionally singin' a song. Hawks--who, like his pal Ernest Hemingway, lived by the code of "grace under pressure"--said he made Rio Bravoas a rebuke to High Noon, in which sheriff Gary Cooper begged for townspeople to help him. So, Hawks made Wayne's Sheriff Chance a consummate professional--he may be getting old and fat, but he knows how to do his job, and he doesn't want amateurs getting mixed up in his business; they could get hurt. If the configuration of characters sounds familiar, it should: Hawks remade Rio Bravotwo more times--as El Doradoin 1967, with Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and James Caan; and as Rio Loboin 1970, with Wayne, Jack Elam, and Christopher Mitchum. The film achieved additional notoriety in the 90s when Quentin Tarantino revealed that he uses it as a litmus test for prospective girlfriends. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer
Year:	1959
Release Date:	June 1, 2005
Runtime:	136 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 011050
Keywords:	Rio, Bravo, Westerns
Genre:	Westerns