Rio Bravo
1959 · Movie · 141 min. · United States
John Wayne stars as the sheriff of a small western town who arrests a murderer and then must contend with the aggressive efforts of the killer's brother to free him before the state marshall arrives. Surrounding the town, the villains make repeated runs at the tiny jailhouse where their comrade is incarcerated. The sheriff is left to defend the territory almost single-handedly -- his only aid being a rag-tag crew of misfits, including a drunk, an old cripple, a saloon woman, and a singing teenager.
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast John Wayne · Dean Martin · Ricky Nelson · Angie Dickinson · Walter Brennan · Ward Bond · John Russell · Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez · Estelita Rodríguez · Claude Akins · Malcolm Atterbury · Harry Carey Jr. · Bob Steele
Soundtrack Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenplay Leigh Brackett · Jules Furthman · B. H. McCampbell
Cinematography Russell Harlan
Original title Rio Bravo
8.0
22K votes (FilmAffinity)
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