Rio Bravo (1959)

[Scott]

Watched RIO BRAVO (1959) tonight. It's entertaining, but I liked EL DORADO better. John Wayne stars in this film that is much like EL DORADO, but instead of Robert Mitchum this one stars Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson. A character named stumpy was rather amusing. Good film if you have the time, but a bit drawn out. They have someone (a boss)  in jail for more than 2 hours of the film while his men try to get him out. Not sure why they spent so much time around this single concept of a film. Howard Hawks directed.

[The Burgomaster]

I love both movies, but I'd have to put RIO BRAVO slightly ahead of EL DORADO. They are both in my top 20 westerns of all time. (RIO BRAVO is in the top 5 . . . EL DORADO is probably somewhere around 10 - 15).

[Rob Phillips]

Rio Bravo, El Dorado & Rio Lobo are three movies with two plots split between (try watching them all in a single sitting, it's a hoot!).

All were directed by Hawks, Written or Co written by Leigh Brackett (who is [was?]) a fine sceince fiction author (collaboratively with her husband Walt). The all star John Wayne, as John Wayne, then split the other parts with attending cast, most importantly they all have beautiful women (including a very young Angie Dickenson). All three end with trades with the bad guys ending in John Wayne, plated by John Wayne coming out on top!

Whoooooooo Doggy! What fun!


Rob

[Scott]

The siege of the jail last almost the whole movie and the bad guys weren't very aggressive in trying to get him out. Don't get me wrong. It was a good film. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood at the time.

[BoyScoutKevin]

It(s called family. That's why John Russell tries to get his brother Claude Akins out of jail. Stumpy is played by that great character actor, Walter Brennan. Ward Bond and Pedro Gonzales Gonzales also appear in the film.
What must be remembered about this film, is that Howard Hawks made it in response to "High Noon." Then, supposedly, John Ford made "The Man Who Shot Libety Valence" in response to "Rio Bravo."
As a further note, the man murdered by Claude Akins at the start of the film was Bing Russell, the father of actor, Kurt Russell.
Enjoy the film.