Rio Bravo

Howard Hawks made the same film three times, and never called it a trilogy.

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Where to start with Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo first, and then only if you want more of exactly the same thing. These three are not a series and nobody involved ever presented them as one. They are Howard Hawks making the same picture with John Wayne three times over eleven years: a lawman holds a jail against a rich man's hired guns with a small group of flawed deputies. There is no shared continuity, no returning character and no order the story requires.

  1. 1
    Rio Bravo (1959) Rio Bravo

    The one that works. Wayne, Dean Martin as the drunk, Ricky Nelson as the kid and Walter Brennan as the old man, and it takes its time on purpose.

  2. 2
    El Dorado (1966) El Dorado

    The same premise with Robert Mitchum in Dean Martin's role. Looser and funnier, and many people prefer it.

  3. 3
    Rio Lobo (1970) Rio Lobo

    Hawks's last film. Watch it for completeness rather than because the other two lead here.

Then what? Nothing follows. If what you liked was the siege rather than the cast, High Noon from 1952 is the film Hawks and Wayne made Rio Bravo in answer to, and the two are worth seeing against each other.

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The Three

  • Rio Bravo 1959
  • El Dorado 1966
  • Rio Lobo 1970

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