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Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond. Written by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, based on the short story "Rio Bravo" by B.H. McCampbell, the film stars Wayne as a Texan sheriff who arrests the brother of a powerful local rancher for murder and then has to hold the man in jail until a U.S. Marshal can arrive. With the help of a lame old man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter, they hold off the rancher's gang. Rio Bravo was filmed on location at Old Tucson Studios outside Tucson, Arizona, in Eastmancolor, with film processing provided by Technicolor.
Plot
Joe Burdette, the spoiled younger brother of wealthy land baron Nathan Burdette, taunts town drunk Dude by tossing money into a spittoon. The sheriff, John T. Chance, stops Dude from reaching into the spittoon, prompting Dude to lash out and knock Chance unconscious. Joe starts to beat up Dude for fun, then shoots and kills an unarmed bystander who had tried to intervene. Chance recovers, follows Joe into Nathan's personal saloon, and, with help from a penitent Dude, arrests Joe for murder.
Awards
Cast
- Angie Dickinson
- Bing Russell
- Bob Reeves
- Bob Steele
- Chuck Roberson
- Claude Akins
- Dean Martin
- Estelita Rodriguez
- Eugene Iglesias
- Frank Mills
- Fred Graham
- Gordon Mitchell
- Harry Carey
- John Russell
- John Wayne
- Malcolm Atterbury
- Myron Healey
- Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
- Ricky Nelson
- Robert Donner
- Sheb Wooley
- Walter Brennan
- Ward Bond
More details
| author | Jules Furthman Leigh Brackett |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress |
| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | Howard Hawks Paul Helmick |
| editor | Folmar Blangsted |
| events | alcoholism |
| genre | action western |
| keywords | ambush card game cheat el degüello end force land baron night out old grudge spittoon spoil survive town drunk wagon train |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| nomination | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress |
| producer | Howard Hawks |
| productionCompany | Armada Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Arizona California |
| theme | buddy |