Rio Bravo

This classic western directed by Howard Hawks features an all-star cast, including the legendary John Wayne. There’s a showdown at Rio Bravo when courageous Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne) throws the brother of evil cattle baron Nathan Burdette in jail for murder (the Burdette brothers played by John Russell and Claude Akins). When Burdette’s men lay siege to his jailhouse, Chance holds on until the arrival of a U.S. Marshal with the help of his drunken deputy, Dude (Dean Martin), cranky old man Stumpy (Walter Brennan), a young gunfighter (Ricky Nelson) and the beautiful long-legged Feathers (Angie Dickinson).

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Howard Hawks – one of the most accomplished and valued directors of classic Hollywood. Author of excellent gangster movies (Scarface, 1932), war movies (Sergeant York with Gary Cooper), “screwball comedies” (His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby), crime movies (The Big Sleep based on Raymond Chandler) and finally famous western movies (Red River, Rio Bravo).

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