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This film is written by Leigh Brackett.
Film Information
A decade after Red River (1947), Howard Hawks reteamed with John Wayne for this rambling western riffing on the director’s usual themes of friendship and professionalism. Both one of the essential westerns and one of the all-time great hangout movies, this classic tale is pure Hawks in its wonderfully relaxed, loose-limbed look at a band of unlikely heroes thrown together by fate and united in a dangerous pursuit.
Courageous Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne) throws the brother of evil cattle baron Nathan Burdette in jail for murder. When Burdette’s men lay siege to his jailhouse, Chance must hold on until the arrival of a U.S. Marshal with the help of his drunken deputy Dude (Dean Martin), cranky old man Stumpy (Walter Brennan), greenhorn gunfighter Colorado (Ricky Nelson), and sharp-witted gambler Feathers (Angie Dickinson).
Reviews
"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." – Roger Ebert
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