Rio Bravo (1959 Film)

Rio Bravo is a 1959 western starring John Wayne and Dean Martin.

"Like a well-oiled machine, every element in Rio Bravo jells with the others: the seemingly simple plotline, familiar characters, songs, and frequent humor, resulting in a wonderfully entertaining American classic that in 1959 was embraced by all members of the family". Emanuel Levy emanuellevy.com

Flawlessly cast, complex, amusing and exciting, the film integrates multi-layered themes into a unified and satisfying whole. And it's great entertainment, something a few critics forget to mention. CHANNEL4 http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=107673§ion=review

Small town sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) arrests Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) for murder. Joe's brother , Nathan (John Russell) is a wealthy land baron, who decides to hire every gun available in the region, to free his brother. Chance has to keep Joe in custody for 6 days, until the arrival of a US marshal, with the help of an old drunkard, a woman and a young deputy.

• John Wayne

• Dean Martin

• Ricky Nelson

• Angie Dickinson

• Walter Brennan