Rio Bravo poster

Rio Bravo

They fought back to back... No quarter given... No quarter asked... No way in... No way out... of Rio Bravo!

7.8(1,308)19592h 21m9

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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Status
Released
Budget
$1.2M
Box office
$5.8M
Language
Spanish
  • small town
  • sheriff
  • gun
  • marshal
  • texas
  • deputy
  • murder
  • jail
  • alcoholic
  • stagecoach
  • gambler
  • based on short story

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Howard Hawks

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalFairbanks, Alaska8 Mar 1959
    • TheatricalBaltimore, Maryland17 Mar 1959
    • Theatrical (limited)18 Mar 1959
    • TheatricalNew York City, New York18 Mar 1959
    • Theatrical4 Apr 1959
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalLondon4 Jun 1959
    • Theatrical20 Jul 1959
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical4 May 1959
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical18 Sept 1959
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical29 May 1959
    • TheatricalTPRestored Version10 Nov 1999
    • TheatricalTPRe-release7 Jun 2023
    • TVParis Première17 Oct 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12West Germany25 Aug 1959
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical31 Jul 1959
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT10 Sept 1959
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical22 Apr 1959
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical129 May 1959
    • Physical12DVD6 Jun 2005
    • Physical12Blu-ray15 Oct 2008
  • NorwayNO

    • PremiereTrondheim8 Jun 1959
    • Theatrical27 Aug 1959
  • PolandPL

    • Theatrical12Re-release7 Nov 2014

Frequently asked questions

Rio Bravo was released on 8 March 1959.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    11/25/2019

    7/10

    The good outweighs the bad in Hawks macho movie. Filmed by Howard Hawks as a response to what he saw as none macho cinema in Gary Cooper's acclaimed High Noon, Rio Bravo has moments of brilliance that are sadly coupled with failings that are not Hawksian peccadilloes. The macho plot is simple but wholly effective as our heavily out numbered heroes (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan & Ricky Nelson) defend a…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/9/2024

    8/10

    Sherriff "John T." (John Wayne) is saddled with a drunken deputy "Dude" (Dean Martin) just at a time when local landowner "Burdette" (John Russell) is besieging the jail to extricate his murderous brother. Luckily, his friend "Pat" (Ward Bond) drives his wagon train through the town and he's got the gunslinging "Colorado" (Ricky Nelson) on board. Initially reluctant to get involved in someone else's fight, the turn o…

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