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FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast John Wayne Dean Martin Ricky Nelson Angie Dickinson Walter Brennan

Directors Howard Hawks

Screenwriters B H McCampbell Jules Furthman Leigh Brackett

Running Time 141 minutes

Rio Bravo
Time was running out through bullet holes at Howard Hawke's Rio Bravo'

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Plot
In a small South Texas town, a sheriff enlists the assistance of a lush, a cripple and a young gunslinger to keep the brother of a bad boy rancher imprisoned until the marshal arrives.

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