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Rio Bravo(1959)
Status: Released
Date: 1959-03-18
78%
1131 Votes
Time: 2h 21m
They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!
Overview:
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,200,000.00
Revenue: $5,750,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Armada Productions
Movie: Rio Bravo
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Wayne
John Chance
Dean Martin
Dude
Ricky Nelson
Colorado Ryan
Angie Dickinson
Feathers
Walter Brennan
Stumpy
Ward Bond
Pat Wheeler
John Russell
Nathan Burdette
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Carlos Robante
Estelita Rodriguez
Consuela Robante
Claude Akins
Joe Burdette
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