Rio Bravo

RIO BRAVO (PG)
D: Howard Hawks
Armada (Howard Hawks)
US 1959
141 mins

Western

W: Jules Furthman & Leigh Brackett
DP: Russell Harlan
Ed: Folmar Blangsted
Mus: Dimitri Tiomkin


John Wayne (John T. Chance), Dean Martin (Dude), Ricky Nelson (Colorado Ryan), Angie Dickinson (Feathers), Walter Brennan (Stumpy), Ward Bond (Pat Wheeler), John Russell (Nathan Burdette)

Howard Hawks' response to High Noon stars John Wayne as a sheriff who enlists the help of his a drunk deputy, a young gunslinger and a cripple to hold the town against a group of outlaws who aim to release one of their own from the jailhouse.
Slightly overlong, this wonderfully produced western ranks amongst John Wayne's best performances, though it's Dean Martin's performance which steals the show. 
The film was remade, more or less, as El Dorado in 1966.
8/10

Dean Martin & John Wayne in Rio Bravo
Dean Martin & John Wayne in Rio Bravo