Cat. No. DVDM 1319: RIO BRAVO ~ JOHN WAYNE / DEAN MARTIN / RICKY NELSON. WARNER BROS. Y25194
FORMAT: PAL REGION: 4.
COLOUR RUNNING TIME: 136 MINS.
REVIEW: On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous sidekick from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a drunk; the other a cripple. Place your bets.
John Wayne is Chance in Rio Bravo, a lean Western classic packaging solid heroics and a strong emotional core. He’s joined by Dean Martin as the Deputy coming off a two year drunk, Walter Brennan as the old coot whose spirit outmatches his hobbled stride, Ricky Nelson as a youth out to prove himself and Angie Dickinson as a scarlet woman with her eye on Chance. Director Howard Hawks lifted the Western to new heights with Red River. Capturing the legendary West with a stellar cast in peak form, he does it again here.
SPECIAL FEATURES: *Commentary by Director John Carpenter and Historian/Critic Richard Schickel.
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