Rio Bravo (1959)

Réalisateur:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Jules Furthman (screenplay) and
Leigh Brackett (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

4 avril 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Romance | Drame

Accroche:

John Wayne The big guy with the battered hat... and Dean Martin the ragged woman-wrecked castoff called Dude... and Ricky Nelson The rockin' babyfaced gunfisted kid... And Time Was Running Out Through Bullet Holes At Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo"

Plot:

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter...

Plot Keywords:

Prisoner Exchange | Shot In The Leg | Shot In The Back | Blood | Drunk Scene

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

This movie has all the elements of the quintessential Western.

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 12

10:30 PM

AMC

Ensemble

John Wayne	...	Sheriff John T. Chance
Dean Martin	...	Dude ('Borachón')
Ricky Nelson	...	Colorado Ryan
Angie Dickinson	...	Feathers
Walter Brennan	...	Stumpy
Ward Bond	...	Pat Wheeler
John Russell	...	Nathan Burdette
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez	...	Carlos Robante (as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez)
Estelita Rodriguez	...	Consuela Robante
Claude Akins	...	Joe Burdette
Malcolm Atterbury	...	Jake (stage driver)
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Harold (scenes deleted)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Sheb Wooley	...	Cowboy (scenes deleted)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
Rio Bravo (France) [fr]

Durée:

141 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Classification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 (2007) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:G | USA:Approved (certificate #19034) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | UK:U (original rating) (cut)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Armada Productions

Anecdotes:

Montgomery Clift turned down Dean Martin's role. John Wayne and Walter Brennan were outspokenly conservative and Clift's political views were diametrically opposed. This was a problem as early as the filming of Red River (1948) in 1946. During the filming of that picture they solved their differences by agreeing to not discuss politics.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Stumpy and Colorado are shooting at Burdette's men from behind the bars, Chance grabs the same shotgun of the gun rack twice.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
John T. Chance: Joe, you're under arrest.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in True Romance (1993)

Soundtrack:

My Rifle, My Pony, and Me

This movie has all the elements of the quintessential Western.

The story itself is a composite of all the elements needed to make a great Western: good guys in white hats, bad guys in black hats, townspeople content to stand aside and to let the battle be fought between the outlaws and the man with the tin star, a beautiful woman to distract the hero and finally help him when the chips are down.

The main stars, John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Angie Dickinson all turn in the top-notch performances one would expect from them, and Rick Nelson is a very pleasant surprise as Colorado. It's two others that separate this movie from other Westerns, though.

Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales, as Carlos the hotel-keeper, is a breath of fresh air. His interplay with John Wayne's John T. Chance adds a touch of human reality to the movie that sets it apart.

Walter Brennan in his role as Stumpy, however, is the glue that holds the whole thing together and makes it work. His constant griping under his breath, his goading of Wayne, his dialogue with the prisoner and his general comic relief set Rio Bravo apart from any other Western and put it in a class of its own. Keenan Wynn in Eldorado doesn't even come close.