Rio Bravo is an 1959 American Western film starring some big names including John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Angie ...
Back in 1959, John Wayne made a patriotic comeback to Westerns in Rio Bravo. After John Ford’s The Searchers, Duke had made an effort to move away from the genre, however, the movies he made ...
In contrast, Wayne and Hawks aimed to present a traditional Western narrative that emphasized self-reliance and the strength of camaraderie. Wayne famously called High Noon "un-American," and his ...
Rio Bravo lined up an all-star cast, with Dean Martin and Ricky ... I think it's a side of him we didn't see in a lot of his movies. "He's enjoying this young woman. And while he's enchanted ...