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Rio Bravo

Play trailer Poster for Rio Bravo 1959,  2h 21m,  Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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96% Tomatometer 50 Reviews 91% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
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, indicating that he's prepared to bust his brother out of jail if necessary. Chance decides to make a stand until reinforcements arrive, enlisting Dude, an old cripple named Stumpy (Walter Brennan) and baby-faced cowboy Colorado Ryan (Ricky Nelson) to help.
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Rio Bravo finds director Howard Hawks -- and his stellar ensemble cast -- working at peak performance, and the end result is a towering classic of the Western genre.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker Apr 23, 2013
The movie is simultaneously an apogee of the classic Western style, with its principled violence in defense of just law, and an eccentrically hyperbolic work of modernism, which yokes both bumptious erotic comedy and soul-searing rawness to the mission. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Apr 23, 2013
4/4
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. Go to Full Review
TIME Magazine Apr 27, 2009
Wayne, of course, walks off with the show -- not by doing anything in particular, but simply by being what he is: at 51, still one of the most believable he-men in Hollywood. Go to Full Review
Moira Walsh The Catholic World Nov 28, 2023
In addition to its excessive length and consequent slow pace the film has other liabilities... Nevertheless the characterizations are unusually solid and get more interesting as they go along. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Aug 10, 2023
4/4
A marvelous motion picture. Go to Full Review
Noah Gittell Washington City Paper Jul 21, 2023
It's pure romantic bliss that feels about as far away from a political statement as you could imagine. Go to Full Review
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Abraham W Mar 6, 2019 john wayne sure made a lot of movies
Anakin G Mar 3, 2019 Dated, some acting is obvious.
Finn R Feb 21, 2019 One of the coolest casts ever!
Jan 26, 2019 The best Western movie ever made!
Harry S Dec 27, 2018 I intend a half star. This movie is a poorly scripted, dully directed, flat, uninspiring, exercise in how Hollywood pleases itself. It is classically inane, at best. I don't know how to describe Angie Dickinson's many, many, many, monological over-acted outpourings except to wonder how she ever worked again. Every performance will annoy you to a greater or lesser degree. John Wayne wins the Least Dreadful award, let the balloons fly. And do not trust the opinon of anyone who says they love this movie for they surely lie. Thumbs down, as if never to rise again. See more
Anakin S Dec 10, 2018 Great movie one of my favorite John Wayne movies of all time
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Howard Hawks

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John Wayne

Sheriff John T. Chance

Dean Martin

Dude ("Borachón")

Ricky Nelson

Colorado Ryan

Angie Dickinson

Feathers

Walter Brennan

Stumpy

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Synopsis 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, indicating that he's prepared to bust his brother out of jail if necessary. Chance decides to make a stand until reinforcements arrive, enlisting Dude, an old cripple named Stumpy (Walter Brennan) and baby-faced cowboy Colorado Ryan (Ricky Nelson) to help.
Director
Howard Hawks
Producer
Howard Hawks
Screenwriter
B.H. McCampbell, Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros.
Production Co
Armada Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 18, 1959, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015
Runtime
2h 21m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Flat (1.85:1)
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