Top Billed Cast

John Wayne
John Chance
Dean Martin
Dude
Ricky Nelson
Colorado Ryan
Angie Dickinson
Feathers
Walter Brennan
Stumpy
Ward Bond
Pat Wheeler
John Russell
Nathan Burdette
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Carlos Robante
Estelita Rodriguez
Consuela Robante
Claude Akins
Joe Burdette
Malcolm Atterbury
Jake
Harry Carey, Jr.
Harold
Walter Barnes
Charlie (uncredited)
George Bell
Barfly (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Barfly (uncredited)
Cecil Combs
Barfly (uncredited)
Myron Healey
Barfly (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
Barfly (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Barfly (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Barfly (uncredited)
Danny Sands
Barfly (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Barfly (uncredited)
Bob Whitney
Barfly (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
(uncredited)
Robert Donner
(uncredited)
Ted White
(uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Clem (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
Barber (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt
Gunman on Horse (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Gunman (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Henchman (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
Henchman (uncredited)
Fred Graham
2nd Burdette Man in Shootout (uncredited)
Eugene Iglesias
1st Burdette Man in Shootout (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Card Player (uncredited)
Dean Smith
Card-Playing Burdette Henchman (uncredited)
Riley Hill
Messenger (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Minor Role (uncredited)
Gordon Mitchell
Bar Cowboy Watching Fistfight (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Bartender (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Cowboy Murdered in Saloon (uncredited)
Bob Steele
Matt Harris (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
Barfly (uncredited)
David O. McCall
Bartender (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Mon Nov 25 2019

The good outweighs the bad in Hawks macho movie. Filmed by Howard Hawks as a response to what he saw as none macho cinema in Gary Cooper's acclaimed High Noon, Rio Bravo has moments of brilliance that are sadly coupled with failings that are not Hawksian peccadilloes. The macho plot is simple but wholly effective as our heavily out numbered heroes (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan & Ricky Nelson) defend a jail house against a marauding mob trying to release an incarcerated friend. This alone sounds grand but the truth is, is that it takes the film nigh on close to 100 minutes to get...