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Rio Lobo

Name: Rio Lobo
Genre: Western
Released: 1970-04-01
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.483

★ 6,5 /10 (293 Votes)

1970 EN 116 min

Overview

After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

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Release date

01/04/1970

Votes

293

Popularity

4.0

Give 'Em Hell, John.

Genres

Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

116 min

John Wayne

Col. Cord McNally

Jorge Rivero

Capt. Pierre Cordona

Jennifer O'Neill

Shasta Delaney

Jack Elam

Phillips

Christopher Mitchum

Sgt. Tuscarora Phillips

Victor French

Ketcham

Susana Dosamantes

Maria Carmen

Sherry Lansing

Amelita

David Huddleston

Dr. Ivor Jones

Mike Henry

Rio Lobo Sheriff 'Blue Tom' Hendricks

Bill Williams

Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin

Jim Davis

Riley

Dean Smith

Bide

Robert Donner

Whitey Carter

George Plimpton

George, Whitey's 4th Henchman

Edward Faulkner

Lt. Harris

Peter Jason

Lt. Ned Forsythe

Chuck Courtney

Chuck, Whitey's 2nd Henchman

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Robert Rothwell

Whitey's 3rd Henchman

Don 'Red' Barry

Feeny - Bartender (uncredited)

Sondra Currie

Blackthorne Prostitute (uncredited)

Chuck Hayward

(uncredited)

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Conrad Hool

Bart (uncredited)

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Lance Hool

Picket (uncredited)

John Hudkins

Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Barfly in Blackthorne (uncredited)

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Frank Kennedy

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Richard LaMarr

Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

John McKee

Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)

Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Train Engineer (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

Gregg Palmer

Pete - Henchman (uncredited)

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Jim Prejean

Union Soldier (uncredited)

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Rudy Robbins

Man (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

Corporal in Baggage Car (uncredited)

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Danny Sands

Man Delivering Message to Jail (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Card Player (uncredited)

Bob Steele

Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)

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Tommy Tedesco

Guitar Player in Opening Credits (uncredited)

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Ethan Wayne

Boy (uncredited)

Hank Worden

Hank - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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Don't say comfortable eh? Out of Paramount Pictures, Rio Lobo is directed and produced by Howard Hawks (the last film he would direct) and stars John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jeniffer O'Neill, Jack Elam & Christopher Mitchum. It's written by Leigh Brackett & Burton Wohl, musically scored by Jerry Goldsmith and photographed by William H. Clothier on location at Cuernavaca, Mexico & Tuscon, Arizona. It's the third film in a loose trilogy by Hawks & Wayne that follows Rio Bravo (1959) & El Dorado (1966). Plot follows Wayne as Union officer Cord McNally who loses gold shipments (via the railway) …

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There are really only two things to speak of with this: Tommy Tedesco's lovely guitar solo of Jerry Goldsmith's theme and Jack Elam is perfectly cast as the cantankerous whisky-swilling "Mr Phillips". Otherwise, it's just a routine outing for John Wayne (and Howard Hawks) who pretty much bears the weight of the film. Jorge Rivero; Jennifer O'Neill and Christopher Mitchum make up the numbers. The story is fun - a Yankee colonel meets up after the Civil war with two former Confederate officers to track down a man who had been selling secrets during the war and we have a few, predictable, adventu…

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