
El Dorado(1966)
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.


“They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!”
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

John Wayne
Sheriff John T. 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
Rio Bravo is a western, drama film released in 1959 exploring themes of small town, sheriff, gun, marshal, texas, deputy. Directed by Howard Hawks, it stars John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson. A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
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