Rio Bravo (1959) is a western movie, directed by Howard Hawks. It stars John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, with Angie Dickinson and Walter Brennan.

Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne) has arrested a murderer, Joe Burdette (Claude Akins ), brother of powerful rancher Nathan Burdette (John Russell). The rancher's men surround the town and try to break Burdette from jail. The only help Chance has is his deputies, Dude (Martin), an alcoholic, and Stumpy (Brennan), a cripple. Tensions are further strained by the presence of a young gunslinger, Colorado Ryan (Nelson), and the arrival of a mysterious woman, Feathers (Dickinson), on the last stagecoach; the plot building to one of the most explosive climaxes in film history.

The film is regarded as one of Hawks's best, and is notable for its lack of closeup shots.

Harry Carey, Jr. was hired to act in Rio Bravo, but angered Hawks by calling him "Howard" rather than the preferred "Mr. Hawks." Carey was paid his salary and received a screen credit, but his scenes were cut from the film.

Rio Bravo received favorable reviews, and was financially successful, earning over US$5.5million. It was filmed in Technicolor.

The film was all but remade by John Carpenter as Assault on Precinct 13, which was later remade in and of itself in 2005 (Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 movie)).

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