Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Russell HarlanComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Estelita Rodriguez, Claude Akins (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Classic western drama directed by Howard Hawks. Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding a murderous villain in his cell while waiting for a magistrate to collect him for trial. The criminal's associates are desperate to free him, and will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. Chance's only allies are his drunken deputy (Dean Martin), a wily old coot (Walter Brennan) and an eager young hothead (Rick Nelson). (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![John Wayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/663/165663441_0d9ca7.jpg)
John Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
El Dorado (1966)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
![Dean Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270222_8c09bd.jpg)
Dean Martin
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
Airport (1970)
The Young Lions (1958)
![Ricky Nelson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335603_063a58.jpg)
Ricky Nelson
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
The Shootist (1976) - a.f.
![Angie Dickinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/469/162469528_737c6a.jpg)
Angie Dickinson
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Chase (1966)
![Walter Brennan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/340/164340869_d0f8e6.png)
Walter Brennan
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Fury (1936)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
![Ward Bond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496837_676b1d.jpg)
Ward Bond
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![John Russell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/561/161561180_757d6a.jpg)
John Russell
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
![Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000145_510d4c.jpg)
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Sheepman (1958)
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
![Estelita Rodriguez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484196_692f50.jpg)
Estelita Rodriguez
Cuba
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
![Claude Akins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247437_b2068f.jpg)
Claude Akins
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rio Bravo (1959)
![Yakima Canutt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247556_7177bf.jpg)
Yakima Canutt
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Stagecoach (1939)
![Walter Barnes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334296_7857a3.jpg)
Walter Barnes
USA
Best movies:
Winnetou (1963)
Rio Bravo (1959)
North and South (1985) (series)
![Robert Donner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/942/162942279_3937a5.jpg)
Robert Donner
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
El Dorado (1966)
Rio Bravo (1959)
![Gordon Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280197_e8d753.jpg)
Gordon Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Bob Steele](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058613_b453fa.jpg)
Bob Steele
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Sheb Wooley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673735_583de0.jpg)
Sheb Wooley
USA
![Bing Russell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000132_f67b62.jpg)
Bing Russell
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
![Malcolm Atterbury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000148_1b51e8.jpg)
Malcolm Atterbury
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Birds (1963)
![Chuck Roberson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288177_cd5a00.jpg)
Chuck Roberson
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
El Dorado (1966)
Spartacus (1960)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)