After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
Direction
Hawks' last film — he's basically on autopilot but it's CHARMING autopilot.
Acting
Jack Elam's unhinged energy steals every scene he's in.
Practical Effects
That train heist opening? Old Hollywood craft, no CGI nonsense.
Director
Howard Hawks
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
Bill Williams
Blackthorne Sheriff Pat Cronin
Jim Davis
Riley
Dean Smith
Bide
Robert Donner
Whitey Carter
George Plimpton
George, Whitey's 4th Henchman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Hawks and Wayne's fifth and final collaboration, completing an unofficial trilogy that started with Rio Bravo and El Dorado. They were basically remaking the same movie hoping no one would notice.
Hawks cast Jorge Rivero after seeing him in Mexican films, but Rivero's limited English meant most of his dialogue was dubbed — which explains why Cordona's romantic chemistry with Shasta feels like two people in different zip codes.
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