Dive into the heart of the Wild West and feel the captivating emotion with our stunning Rio Bravo Poster. Ride alongside the legendary heroes and be swept away by the intense action and adventure in this cinematic classic. Discover the camaraderie, courage, and fight for justice in this unforgettable epic that has left its mark on cinematic history.
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Description of this Rio Bravo Poster
Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond. Written by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, based on the short story “Rio Bravo” by B. H. McCampbell, the film stars Wayne as a Texas sheriff who arrests the brother of a powerful local rancher for murder and then must hold the man in jail until a U.S. Marshal can arrive. With the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunman, they hold off the rancher’s gang. Rio Bravo was filmed on location at Old Tucson Studios outside Tucson, Arizona, in Technicolor.
In 2014, Rio Bravo was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Joe Burdette, the spoiled younger brother of wealthy land baron Nathan Burdette, taunts the town’s drunken Dude by throwing money into a spoon. The sheriff, John T. Chance, prevents Dude from reaching the spittoon, prompting Dude to lash out and knock Chance unconscious. Joe begins beating Dude for fun, shooting and killing an unarmed bystander who tries to stop him. Chance recovers, follows Joe into Nathan’s personal living room, and, with the help of a penitent guy, overcomes Nathan’s men and arrests Joe for murder.
Chance’s friend, Pat Wheeler, tries to enter town with a wagon of supplies and dynamite, but has to fight his way through Nathan Burdette’s men. Chance reveals that he, Dude (who was a deputy before he became a drunk), and his crippled former deputy, Stumpy, are all that stand between Nathan’s small army and Joe, whom they wish to free. Chance notices young gunslinger Colorado Ryan in Wheeler’s wagon train, but Colorado promises he doesn’t want to stir up trouble.
That night, Carlos Robante, the owner of the local hotel, warns Chance that Wheeler is trying to recruit fighters. Chance tries to stop Wheeler, not wanting anyone to get hurt because of him. Wheeler asks if Colorado could help, but Colorado declines, believing it’s not his fight. Chance then notices a rigged card game at the hotel. Recognizing one of the players as a wanted woman, “Feathers,” the widow of a cheating gambler, he confronts her. However, Colorado reveals that another player is the cheater.
On the street, Wheeler is shot dead. Chance and Dude chase the killer into Nathan’s living room, and Chance allows Dude to prove himself and confront the killer, earning the respect of Nathan’s men. Colorado and the rest of Wheeler’s men are forced to stay in town to await a court order releasing Wheeler’s belongings, and the wagons are left behind the Burdette warehouse. After Feathers secretly stays up all night with a shotgun to guard Chance, an irritated Chance orders Feathers to leave town for his safety. She refuses, and the two begin to bond.
Nathan himself rides into town. Stumpy, holding old grudges against Nathan for taking his land, threatens to shoot Joe if any trouble starts around the prison. In response, Nathan has his lounge musicians repeatedly play “El Degüello,” aka “The Cutthroat Song.” Colorado realizes the song means Nathan will show no mercy and warns Chance.
Chance gives Dude back his old guns, some clothes, and a black hat he left behind when he became a drunk, and Dude shaves, trying to start over. Unfortunately, Stumpy doesn’t recognize Dude when he returns and shoots him, shattering Dude’s nerves. The next day, Dude is still shaking and finds himself ambushed by Burdette’s men, who threaten to kill him unless Chance lets Joe go. Colorado and the feathers distract the men long enough for Chance to get his rifle, and he and Colorado shoot the men and free Dude. Dude thinks about leaving and letting Colorado take his place, but when he hears “El Degüello” being played, he decides to see it through to the end.
Dude and Chance return to the hotel so Dude can take a bath, but Burdette’s men capture Carlos’s wife Consuelo and use her to lure Chance into a trap. Dude tells Chance to take the men to jail, under the pretense that Stumpy would let Joe out. However, Stumpy opens fire, as Dude had secretly predicted. In the chaos, some men drag Dude to Nathan, who demands a trade—Dude for Joe. Chance agrees, but brings in Colorado as backup. Dude and Joe scuffle during the trade, and a gunfight ensues. Stumpy throws sticks of dynamite from the train cars into the warehouse where Burdette and his men are locked up, and Chance blows them up with his rifle, abruptly ending the fight.
With the Burdettes and their few surviving gunmen in jail, Chance is finally able to spend time with Feathers and admit his feelings for her. The Colorado volunteers to guard the jail, allowing Stumpy and Dude to enjoy a night on the town.