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Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, 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 is about the sheriff of the town of Rio Bravo, Texas, who arrests the brother of a powerful local rancher for murder and then must hold the man in jail until the arrival of the United States Marshall. With the help of a "cripple", 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 Technicolor.
Plot
Joe Burdette, the spoiled younger brother of wealthy landowner Nathan Burdette, taunts town drunk Dude by tossing money in a spittoon. The Sheriff, John T. Chance, stops Dude from reaching into the spittoon, prompting Dude to lash out and knock him unconscious. Joe starts to beat up Dude for fun, shooting and killing an unarmed bystander who attempts to stop him. Chance recovers and follows Joe into Nathan Burdette's personal saloon, and with help from a penitent Dude, overcomes Nathan's men and 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 National Film Registry |
| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | Howard Hawks Paul Helmick |
| editor | Folmar Blangsted |
| events | alcoholism |
| genre | western |
| keywords | ambush capture cheating at cards el degüello end force kill old friend old grudge shoot spoil survive suspect town drunk wagon train want |
| 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 |