Rio Bravo
Starring: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
Director: Howard Hawks, Paul Helmick
Writer: Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman
Producer: Howard Hawks
Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond.
Trivia
- Won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress.
- Also nominated for: Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor; Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film.
- Rio Bravo is often regarded as one of Hawks' best and features a long opening scene that includes no dialogue.
- The film received favorable reviews and was successful, taking in US$5.75 million, the highest-grossing Western of 1959.
- A brief clip from Rio Bravo was among the archival footage later incorporated into the opening sequence of Wayne's last film, The Shootist, to illustrate the backstory of Wayne's character.
Filming Locations
- California
- Arizona
- Exteriors for the film were shot at Old Tucson Studios, just outside Tucson.
- Filming took place in the summer of 1958, and the movie's credits gave 1958 for the copyright; the film was released in March 1959.
Previous Showings
4 Runs • 3 Festivals
3,003 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (March 20, 1959)
Original Run: March 20, 1959 (Friday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (4):
- March 20, 1959 (Friday - Tuesday)John Wayne, Dean Martin
- May 22 - 24, 2009 · 1,055 ticketsJohn Wayne Every Friday through Sunday in Mayw/ The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- June 20 - 24, 2012 · 1,160 ticketsHoward Hawksw/ Man's Favorite Sport?
- November 1 - 2, 2025 · 788 ticketsClassic Westernsw/ Red River