Rio Bravo poster
Director Howard Hawks
Screenplay Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman

Rio Bravo

Tagline: They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!

Release Date: 1959-03-18

Duration: 141 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • John Wayne
    John Chance
  • Angie Dickinson
    Feathers
  • Dean Martin
    Dude
  • Ward Bond
    Pat Wheeler
  • John Russell
    Nathan Burdette
  • Robert Donner
    (uncredited)
  • Ricky Nelson
    Colorado Ryan
  • Ted White
    (uncredited)
  • Walter Brennan
    Stumpy
  • Bing Russell
    Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)