Rio Lobo

1970 116 min ★ 6.5 Western

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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Cast

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

Details

Director

Howard Hawks

Screenplay

Burton Wohl

Tagline

"Give 'Em Hell, John."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Cinema Center Films, Batjac Productions, Malabar, Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.

Reviews

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John Chard

May 7, 2019

★ 5/10

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...

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CinemaSerf

June 3, 2023

★ 7/10

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 s...