Rio Lobo
by Howard Hawks
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Actor: Christopher Mitchum, Jack Elam, Jennifer O'Neill, John Wayne, Jorge RiveroDirector: Howard Hawks
Brand: Rio
Cinematographer: William H. Clothier
Producer: Howard Hawks
Editor: John Woodcock
Producer: Paul Helmick
Writer: Burton Wohl
Writer: Leigh Brackett
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-29
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Rio Lobo
Movie Review: A later Waynestern with some well done confrontations
Summary: 5 Stars
A pretty good Waynestern from 1970. While Wayne was ill during the filming of this movie, he hides it pretty well. His Col. Cord McNally is the hero of the movie, but not its romantic lead. The running joke is his being "comfortable" for the women in the movie. The romantic lead goes to Jorge Rivero as Capt. Pierre Cordona (Wayne calls him Frenchy). Jennifer O'Neill is the female lead and is OK, but delivers her lines a bit awkwardly. For my money Susana Dosamentes as Maria Carmen and Sherry Lansing (yes, the later head of 20th Century Fox) as Amelita are more convincing. Be that as it may, it is a good story and a very enjoyable film.
The story opens with Wayne and his Union troops waiting for a gold shipment. However, some Confederate Raiders know about the shipment and have a rather elaborate scheme to steal to gold as they have in previous shipments. Wayne pursues the Raiders, is captured and gets to know Cordona and Tuscadora Phillips (Christopher Mitchum). Wayne finds a way to turn the tables and after the war is over he meets up with Cordona and Tuscadora again to find out who the traitor was that tipped them off about the gold shipments. They give him what they know and Wayne helps them with some resources to get home.
Later, Cordona and McNally meet with Shasta Delany (O'Neill) when she involves them in a shootout as she is trying to escape from some obviously crooked lawmen. It turns out that she is from the border town where Tuscador lives and it is being run by a very bad man named Ketcham (Victor French). McNally, Cordona, and Shasta head to Rio Lobo to help their Tuscadora. Along the way they also meet Tuscadora's father (played wonderfully by Jack Elam) and a great confrontation is set up that takes the rest of the film. Quite a good Western, I think (my son calls them Waynesterns).
Watch for the Wanted poster for Hondo Lane when the action turns around the Sheriff's Office.
Recommended!
Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI
Summary of Rio Lobo
Union Col. Cord McNally's battles continue after the Civil War ends as he tracks two traitors responsible for the death of his best friend to Rio Lobo, Texas.Genre: Westerns
Rating: G
Release Date: 9-AUG-2005
Media Type: DVD
The final film by the legendary director Howard Hawks, released in 1970, found him paired with longtime leading man John Wayne in a story slightly similar to their more familiar Rio Bravo and El Dorado. Set at the end of the Civil War, the story finds Wayne playing a Union army colonel who recovers some stolen gold and roots out a traitor. Though a little creaky (Hawks had been making films since 1926), Rio Lobo nevertheless has his trademark, crackling dialogue, appealing characters, and ensemble spirit among the cast. This was a worthy finish to a fantastic career by a first-rank filmmaker. --Tom Keogh
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