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Rio Bravo (1959)

★ 7.8/10 141 min Western, Drama United States English
Director: Howard Hawks
Screenplay by: Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett
Lyricist: Paul Francis Webster
Short Story: B.H. McCampbell
Streaming: Not available
They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!

Description

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

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Top Cast

John Wayne
John Wayne Sheriff John T. Chance
Dean Martin
Dean Martin Dude
Ricky Nelson
Ricky Nelson Colorado Ryan
Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson Feathers
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan Stumpy
Ward Bond
Ward Bond Pat Wheeler
John Russell
John Russell Nathan Burdette
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Carlos Robante

Rio Bravo Appears on 19 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #657
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #183
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #116
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #619
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #103
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #884

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films
BBC #41
Indiewire's 100 Greatest Westerns of All Time
IndieWire #12
Paste Magazines 100 Best Films Of The 1950s
Paste Magazine #22
Paste Magazines The 100 Best Western Movies
Paste Magazine #10
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #274
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #105

Filmmaker Curation

Agnes Varda's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #24
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #229
Martin Scorsese's Alternative List of Favorite Films
LaCinetek #73
Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #21

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #87

Genre Curation

The 50 Best Western Movies Ever by Keith Phipps (Vulture)
Vulture #08

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1950-1959 Films
Letterboxd #50

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