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 around a strong emotional core. He's joined by Dean Martin as the deputy coming off a two-year drunk, Walter Brennan as the old coot whose fiery spirit outmatches his hobbled stride, Ricky Nelson as a youngster out to prove himself by joining the lawmen and Angie Dickinson as a woman with a past who hopes to rope Chance.
John Wayne (Sheriff John T. Chance); Dean Martin (Dude ('Borachón')); Ricky Nelson (Colorado Ryan); Angie Dickinson (Feathers); Walter Brennan (Stumpy); Ward Bond (Pat Wheeler); John Russell (Nathan Burdette); Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (Carlos Robante (as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez)); Estelita Rodriguez (Consuela Robante); Claude Akins (Joe Burdette); Malcolm Atterbury (Jake (stage driver)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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