Rio Bravo

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Theatrical Release Date:

05/24/2002

DVD Release Date:

05/08/2001

Run Time:

140min.

Starring:

John Wayne , Dean Martin , Ricky Nelson , Angie Dickinson , Walter Brennan

Director(s):

Howard Hawks

Distributor(s):

Warner Bros.

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Westerns

Plot: Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), a worthless, drunken thug, for the murder of an unarmed ... Read More

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