Rio Bravo
“They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!”
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.
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Cast
68 people
John Wayne
Sheriff John T. Chance
Known for
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Dean Martin
Dude
Known for
Ocean's Eleven
Kiss Me, Stupid
Ricky Nelson
Colorado Ryan
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Angie Dickinson
Feathers
Known for
Pay It Forward
Dressed to Kill
Walter Brennan
Stumpy
Known for
To Have and Have Not
Bad Day at Black Rock
Ward Bond
Pat Wheeler
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
The Searchers
John Russell
Nathan Burdette
Known for
Pale Rider
Yellow Sky
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Carlos Robante
Known for
The High and the Mighty
The Sheepman
Estelita Rodriguez
Consuela Robante
Also in
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Cuban Fireball
Claude Akins
Joe Burdette
Known for
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The Curse
Malcolm Atterbury
Jake
Known for
The Birds
Emperor of the North
Harry Carey Jr.
Harold
Known for
Back to the Future Part III
Trinity Is Still My Name
Howard Hawks Director · Jules Furthman Screenplay Leigh Brackett Screenplay
Worldwide gross $5.8M · Budget $1.2M · United States release March 8, 1959
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$5,750,000
Gross vs. budget
4.8×
Production
Armada Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · March 8, 1959
Theatrical · Fairbanks, Alaska
United States
March 17, 1959 · Theatrical · Baltimore, Maryland
March 18, 1959 · Limited theatrical
March 18, 1959 · Theatrical · New York City, New York
April 4, 1959 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 4, 1959 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 18, 1959 · Theatrical
France
May 29, 1959 · Theatrical
November 10, 1999 · Theatrical · Restored Version
June 7, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-release
October 17, 2025 · TV · Paris Première
Germany
August 25, 1959 · Theatrical · West Germany
Ireland
July 31, 1959 · Theatrical
Italy
September 10, 1959 · Theatrical
Japan
April 22, 1959 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 9, 1959 · Theatrical
June 6, 2005 · Physical · DVD
October 15, 2008 · Physical · Blu-ray
Norway
June 8, 1959 · Premiere · Trondheim
August 27, 1959 · Theatrical
Poland
November 7, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release
Portugal
December 22, 1959 · Theatrical
June 16, 1971 · Theatrical · Porto (Re-release)
February 5, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
Sweden
November 2, 1959 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 4, 1959 · Theatrical · London
July 20, 1959 · Theatrical
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