Rio Bravo - Movie Review

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Dean Martin as "Dude the Drunk," eh? Why not -- it works in Rio Bravo a favorite among Western enthusiasts that nonetheless is far too long, spending too long setting up the story before getting to the powerful finale. Wayne is good, but Dean-o steals the show along with Walter Brennan's crusty jailkeeper, who owns every scene he's in. A definitive piece of Americana by way of Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo is what the late 1950s studio system was all about.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1959

Run time: 141 mins

In Theaters: Saturday 4th April 1959

Box Office Worldwide: $5.8M

Distributed by: Xenon

Production compaines: Armada Pictures, Warner Bros.

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 3.5 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Fresh: 38

IMDB: 8.1 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Howard Hawks

Producer: Howard Hawks

Screenwriter: Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman

Starring: John Wayne as Sheriff John T. Chance, Dean Martin as Dude ('Borachón'), Ricky Nelson as Colorado Ryan, Walter Brennan as Stumpy, Angie Dickinson as Feathers, Ward Bond as Pat Wheeler, John Russell as Nathan Burdette, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Carlos Robante, Estelita Rodriguez as Consuela Robante, Claude Akins as Joe Burdette, Harry Carey, Jr. as Harold (scenes deleted)

Also starring: Howard Hawks, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman