I’ve already made the movie twice."

Somebody who isn’t a fan of this particular John Wayne Western is Quentin Tarantino.

Elam steals the show as Phillips, who is very much in the vein of Walter Brennan’s Stumpy.

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TheRio Bravotrilogy is really a series of remakes, with each offering subtle remixes of the same ingredients.

TheRio Bravotrilogy is really a series of remakes, with each offering subtle remixes of the same ingredients.

John Wayne as McNally in Rio Lobo against a film strip

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Rio Bravo is a Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. The 1959 release sees Wayne playing a local sheriff that must hold a local criminal in jail until a U.S. Marshall can arrive to pick him up.

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Rio Bravo is a Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. The 1959 release sees Wayne playing a local sheriff that must hold a local criminal in jail until a U.S. Marshall can arrive to pick him up.

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