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 packing solid heroics and a strong emotional core. He's joined by Dean Martin as the drunken deputy 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.
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