peteg's blog - noise - movies - 2011 09 19 RioBravo

Rio Bravo

Mon, Sep 19, 2011./noise/movies | Link

A Howard Hawks western starring John Wayne. Unlike Hawks's earlier efforts, this one is much less screwy and a lot slower. There is still some sharp reparte, and while he doesn't patronise his audience, it's difficult to see what the point of it all is as the formula is followed slavishly. Angie Dickinson flirts outrageously with the Duke and deserved to be more than a domestic goddess.