I'm a fan of Western since I was a child. Meanwhile, in the age of 50, I've changed positive thinking about of some of my favorites when I was young. But - beside John Fords monument "The Searchers" - Howard Hawks "Rio Bravo" is still of the pictures I love and admire more every year. This Western for me is one of the best films ever made. It found every involved artist in a top form: The actors, off course a giant performance of the Duke, impressive acting of Ricky Nelson and Angie Dickinson, Dean Martin at it's best as the drunken deputy and a wonderful Walter Brennan as the grumbling and slandering old sidekick Stumpy; Hawks intelligent and calm directing; the perfect dramatic and humorous script from Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett; Russell Harlans indoor-photography; and at least the powerful music score from Dimitri Tiomkin, who did his best job since "High Noon", the Western which made Hawks so angry that he filmed "Rio Bravo". I love this picture, and I know some people who don't like this genre but love this outstanding great movie too!
