Film
Rio Bravo (1959)
They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!
Drama, Western· Directed by Howard Hawks· 141 min
Overview
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
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- ...and the girl they all call 'Feathers'
- Wheeler... a chunk of solid granite now crumbling with age...
- Burdette... he was the knife poised at the throat of Rio Bravo...
- Old Stumpy... no teeth... one leg... but all the rest was guts...
- and Dean and Ricky sing, too! "Rio Bravo" "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" "Cindy"
- You've seen nothing like 'em together... and in the heat and hate of Rio Bravo nothing can tear 'em apart!
- John wayne - dean martin - ricky nelson -- warner bros. Bring them together in howard hawks' "rio bravo"
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- John Wayne The big guy with the battered hat... and Dean Martin the ragged woman-wrecked castoff called Dude... and Ricky Nelson The rockin' babyfaced gunfisted kid... And Time Was Running Out Through Bullet Holes At Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo"
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Connections
Top billing
- John Wayne as Sheriff John T. Chance
- Dean Martin as Dude
- Ricky Nelson as Colorado Ryan
- Angie Dickinson as Feathers
- Walter Brennan as Stumpy