Dude, the drunk, is played by Dean Martin. Colorado, the young gunfighter, is played by Ricky Nelson. Both were incredibly popular singers of the time. Hearing them singing together is one of the best highlights of this movie.
Actually, she was 26. The movie was filmed in May-July, 1958. I remember reading somewhere that she had a crush on John Wayne ever since she saw him in Stagecoach. When she was eight.
@@larryyeadeke2953 OMG, give the girl some credit. I think she has the smarts to figure it out, especially since we are talking about a container on the floor in a saloon.
They throw a coin in the spittoon, that's where people spit out when they are chewing tobacco. It's to humiliate him when he was drunk because he was so desperate for money he would reach into the spit to get booze money.
I had heard when Walter Brennan would be cast for a movie role he would ask the Director: "Teeth or no teeth?" to determine if he was to wear his dentures for the part or not. Too funny. Great reaction to a great movie. Cheers!!!!
@rhudoc3745 remember when he was playing poker with the Indian in Red River and he bet and lost his teeth? One of the funniest parts in one of the best westerns in cinematic history.
Although he won those Oscars because in those days Hollywood extras were allowed to vote for the winners and Walter Brennan was very popular with the extras union. When they stopped the extras from voting, Walter Brennan stopped winning!
@@Philbert-s2c Not the same, merely a very similar plot. Everything else was slightly different too, therefore the movies are very similar, but not the same. For instance, Ricky Nelson's character was cool and he sang, whereas James Caan's character was a buffoon used for comic relief. His character was built on the old joke about never bringing a knife to a gunfight. I've developed a dislike for James Caan over the years, so I prefer this movie. Also, I can't see Robert Mitchum singing "My Rifle, My Pony, and Me." Now there is a funny thought for you. GRIN
Ricky Nelson was only 19 while recording this movie but already a television (and radio) star and a recording artist. BTW, his was the first song to be a number one on Billboard's Hot 100 list
Stumpy was played by the great Walter Brennan who had a very long career, starting in the 20s and continuing until his passing in 1974. He won three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, for _Come and Get It_ (1936), _Kentucky_ (1938), and _The Westerner_ (1940). Two of his most memorable roles are in _Meet John Doe_ (1941, dir. Howard Hawks, with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck), and _To Have and Have Not_ (1944, dir. Frank Capra, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall).
Howard Hawks directed To Have Or Have Not.,Red River and Rio Bravo with Walter Brennan. A great dog movie with Walter and the little boy from Shane is Good Bye My Lady.
BEST MOVIE REVIEW EVER!!!!! I'm so happy you enjoyed this movie. It's one of my favorites, one of those I stop and watch whenever I see it on. I don't understand why more YT reactors haven't watched it.
I love to watch young folk reacting to my favorite songs and movies; I am so glad I found this one! Best reaction ever! I absolutely love your voice, Dawn! Thank you for giving an old man a smile!✌️❤️
I'm with you, Dale; it's validating to watch young'uns finding out how good we had it, entertainment-wise. My favorite music-reaction channel: Andy & Alex. If you haven't, watch their first Doobie Brothers reactions in order: Long Train Runnin', Listen to the Music, China Grove, and Black Water. I never get tired of those four reactions. Those, and Stuck in the Middle with You, by Stealer's Wheel.
Walter Brennan, the actor who plays Stumpy, starred in the television show _'The Real McCoys'_ (1957-1963) and one of the local television stations aired reruns during my childhood. Only later, through great movies like this one, did I become aware that he had a long career in film.
I love this movie so much. I watched it with my dad when I was a kid. The leading lady does not have a name. In the credits she is only known as Feathers. Big Jake is another of the movies I watched with my dad. oh the memories!
One of the best westerns ever. So loved the combination of humor, strong characters, real friends, a sweet love interests, them singing in the jail house and an alcoholic's journey to recovery. Few films have ever been able to create such a unique mix. Loved your reaction to this.
One of my favourite movies, John Wayne, Director Howard Hawks, and screenplay by Leigh Brackett. The trio was also responsible for 'Rio Lobo,' and my favourite John Wayne movie, 'Hatari.' Leigh Bracket also wrote the first draft of 'The Empire Strikes Back.'
The brass “jar” on the floor is called a spittoon, and it’s there for people to spit into. When the guy threw the coin into it, Dean Martin’s character was so desperate for a drink he was willing to dig it out.
"To Have and Have Not" is a must see film to anyone who likes Walter Brennan. Now it is already 50 years since he passed away, but he still holds the record for most Oscars won by a supporting actor.
I love how invested you are in the characters of these old films. You may have action, romance, and comedy, but without interesting characters for you to care about and love or even hate, it doesn't elevate a movie to the next level. Which is what makes these older films stand out, you just have to let take you on a journey.
Rio Bravo (1959) is one of my most favourite movies of all time. And the last thing you would be thinking, these blokes singing in a Western like this.
Great review/reaction! One of the best westerns ever. Angie Dickinson was one of the prettiest actress ever in her prime, did many films. Most of those in the cast are long gone, but their legacy lives on forever. Thank you for reminding us how great that movie was and thanks for introducing that movie to many younger folks of today. We just don't see films and stars like that today. Great stuff. You might like reacting to a western tv show that Clint Eastwood did way back when, a very young and super handsome Eastwood.
Angie Dickerson. One of the all-time beauties. if you saw her today and didn't know who she was, you would look at her and say, this lady must have been beautiful when she was young
She grew up in Kulm, North Dakota about 40 miles away from where I grew up....and they say we're a flyover state😂. If they knew Dickinson was there the planes would have halted.
I saw this movie when I was a little boy. Loved it then and after "a hundred years" it is still my favorite movie! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I. Huk huk huk!
Hi Dawn. The guy who played Dude was Dean Martin. He was a part of the Las Vegas "Rat Pack" along with Frank Sinatra and all those guys. He was a recording star as well as an actor. Colorado was played by Ricky Nelson who grew up on TV on a show with his real family called The Ozzie and Harriet Show. He was a singer and a huge teen heartthrob. Oh and Ward Bond, the guy who played Wheeler also played the priest in The Quiet Man, and did many movie and TV roles, including being the wagon master on a popular old TV western called Wagon Train. He was in a number of John Waynes movies. Since you liked this movie I think you might like The Duke in El Dorado too. Very similiar story. Different cast and for a more serious western you might try Open Range with Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner. Very good movie. Enjoy!!
Ward Bond was one of the most popular character actors in Hollywood. He and John Wayne had been best friends since they both played (American) football at the University of Southern California in 1927. When this movie was made, that would have been over 30 years.
This is by far my favorite John Wayne western. Yes, I know most people would say The Searchers is his best and he won an Oscar for True Grit (and should have won it for The Shootist) but for me this is the best of his westerns. Great buddy movie. Not just two buddies but five or more (Chance, Dude, Stumpy, Colorado, Feathers and even Carlos). Wonderful cast. Very fun to watch and one that can be enjoyed again and again. Dawn is right, Stumpy was the best, made the movie so funny and enjoyable.
"This is 2024 and this movie was made in 1959... That's almost - Holy Crap - a hundred years!" I was born in 1959 - it just feels like a hundred years...
fun fact: a (minor) point in Good Morning Vietnam (set in 1965) is the bar owner trying to get naked photographs of Walter Brennan - the actor that plays Stumpy in Rio Bravo (filmed in 1958).
Outstanding reaction. The reason some movies remain great is that the eyes are about the human conditions. Not the topics or politics of the day, This is about duty, true friendship, honor, and choices in life. The ideas of Rio Bravo were relevant in 1959 and will be in 2059. Add great directing, solid acting, and action .. you have a real movie. The young star that played Colorado was Ricky Nelson. He grew up on television playing himself on the show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet for 17 years. He was a major star of early rock and roll and from about 1957-1962 he was only topped by Elvis in record sales. Great reaction to a really great Western. BTW…. Angie Dickinson was one of the 2 women allowed to play poker with Sinatras Rat Pack. Her friend Dean Martin(Dude) helped to get her this role that made her mainstream popular.
I'm so glad you watched this one, I adore this movie! It's a crime that so few folks react to it. My all time favorite western, I never get tired of watching it.
In 1977 I was a freshman at the University of Alabama. 20 of us piled into a Winnebago and drove to L.A. for the USC game. Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) , who was an alumni, threw a party. Met Angie Dickinson and Don Knotts.
One of my favorite westerns! You can't go wrong with John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Rickie Nelson. I find it satisfying that you enjoy the humor in this movie so much. I was beginning to think I was the only one
Since you like Walter Brennan (Stumpy) and black and white movies you might be interested in the Academy Award winner for 1941. It is the Gary Cooper movie, SERGEANT YORK, a biopic on the mst decorated allied soldier from WWI. And like Desmond Doss, he was also a conscientious objector. Good movie, a little dated and not nearly as gory or intense as HACKSAW RIDGE, but it still holds up quite well. You'll like it.
“Stumpy” (Walter Brennan) was a two time Academy Award winner. You would like him in The Westerner with Gary Cooper and the Far Country with Jimmy Stewart besides a bunch of other sidekick and supporting actor roles. And later in Support Your Local Sheriff.
@@bennychristensen4314 Tom Danby pulls a broken set of dentures out of his shirt pocket: "Look Pa! Your teeth saved my life!" Pa Danby: "Damnit! Those were my eatin' teeth!"
It's great to see a young woman fan of westerns. Not many do but if they were to give westerns a chance I'm sure they would enjoy them. I grew up with westerns since the 50's.
My great great grandfather immigrated from Brandenburg, Prussia (Germany) to Bellville, Tx. in 1854. The Battle at The Alamo was in 1836, 140 mi. from Bellville. Texas had won its independence from Mexico but he had settled in Comanche territory. My family history probably has a lot to do with why I recognize the playing of "El Deguello" in "Rio Bravo". Supposedly, Santa Ana had his troops play that song day & night prior to his attack on the Alamo to tell the men inside that he had ordered the taking of no prisoners. According to a Mexican officers diary, Davy Crockett (played by John Wayne in the movie) was taken prisoner with several other men. Santa Ana ordered them executed by sword and/or bayonet to save on gun powder & ball. He then had all of the bodies burned in a mass pyre in an attempt to prevent honoring them as heroes. "El Deguello" is a pretty tune with a violent history.
I was 11 when I saw this when it first came out and bought the comic book. Ricky Nelson was a TV star and a rock and roll contemporary of Elvis Presley. At the theater, when the final shootout took place, all the young girls would scream every time a shot came close to him.
Stumpy is played by the great Walter Brennan. In the Robin Williams box office smash hit movie "Good Morning Vietnam" it's Walter Brennan's "shapely ankles" that bar owner Jimmy keeps asking for pictures of. There are only a very few memories I still have from when I started attending school in the mid-60's but one that is VERY clear is while eating breakfast before school each morning the TV would be playing an episode of the (already in syndication) hillbilly sitcom "The Real McCoy's". The "kid" Colorado is played by 1950's pop singer and radio/TV sitcom star Rick Nelson. Ricky's biggest selling hits in the 50's were "Traveling Man" and "Poor Little Fool". You may be more familiar with his equally musically talented twin sons "The Nelsons". Ricky starred with his parents and older brother David in the very popular family sitcom, first on radio and then on TV, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet". "Feathers" is played by Angie Dickenson who has the distinction of having been the ONLY EVER female member of "the Rat Pack". Then in the 1970's she "broke" a "glass ceiling" when she starred in ABC television's series "Police Woman" which was the first "successful" long running American television police drama featuring a female actor in the lead/title role. Without Angie Dickenson's success there might never have been a "Cagney and Lacey"(Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless) or a "former FBI profiler" Brenda Lee Johnson(Kyra Sedgwick-Bacon) as "The Closer" or her successor Captain Sharon Raydor(Mary "Stands With A Fist" McDonnell) in "Major Crimes" or a Detective Joss Carter(Taraji P Henson) in "Person of Interest" or etc etc etc Speaking of the Rat Pack...if you've already seen or are planning to see the casino heist movie "Ocean's 11" be sure you check out the ORIGINAL starring the ENTIRE Rat Pack. It is IMHO a thousand times better than the really really effed up version with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia and ....
Orson Welles said: "If John Ford is a poet, then Howard Hawks is prose." Rio Bravo is one of my top 3 favorite Westerns. I watch it at least once a year. Hawks is really is the opposite side of the coin to Ford, as a director. They both approach the same themes in their Westerns, worked with many of the same stars, but with totally different stylistic approaches. His Westerns were not as acclaimed as Ford's, but these days I notice younger audiences gravitate toward him more.
My favorite movie. One hour, 45 minutes Dean and Ricky sing My Rifle, My Pony, and Me. The outfit Ricky is wearing was worn by Elvis in his first movie.
There are westerns that deserve being watched over and over. This is one of them. Truly a classic. Loved your reaction. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. (Where else could I be to love westerns so much! LOL)
I've seen this movie probably a couple of dozen times over many years, and I NEVER noticed the name of the saloon is Rio Bravo! Well, BRAVO to you! I truly enjoy watching you react to these movies, so I hope you keep doing them -- thank you! (And btw, Stumpy is played by the great character actor Walter Brennan, who was actually born in New England and naturally spoke with a rather patrician accent.)
I love this movie. And Stumpy is an awesome character. :) FYI. This movie is John Wayne's response to High Noon. He didn't like how the Sheriff was portrayed as someone begging for help from the townsfolk.
Walter Brennan (Stumpy) was my favorite from this film too, as a kid in the 80’s I loved him in The Gnome Mobile (1967). The song scene in this film was always a highlight for me…beautiful voices in harmony! 👌🥰 You’ve watched some great westerns. If you want more recs: Open Range (2003), Dances with Wolves, Tombstone (1993), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Quigley Down Under (1990), The Man from Snowy River (1982), and Lonesome Dove (miniseries)!
YES! This is a movie every boy should watch with his father, but I shared it with my new girlfriend, Cindy, having completely forgotten about the song after My Rifle, My Pony and Me. She ditched me a couple of months ago but I will always love this movie --- "There you go again! What would you do if I wasn't here to throw 'em fer ya?" "I'd throw 'em myself."
i saw this movie in 1959 - i was 10 when my Dad took me my brother & some friends & i remember the Cartoon - it was called "A Pizza Tweety Pie" with Tweety Bird & Sylvester the Cat - my Dad Laughed so much -the people there were getting bang out him - we still talk about that - me 75 now -,i think that cartoon is still on You tube
This movie was basically made 3 times with John Wayne. Rio Bravo,El Dorado, and Rio Lobo. Not exactly but plots and characters were similar. Thinking that Howard Hawks was involved in all 3 films but not certain.
El Dorado, Sons of Katie Elder, The Searchers, The Shootist, True Grit…. There are tons of great John Wayne westerns. I particularly love Sons of Katie Elder.
Excellent reaction to a really fun movie thanks to Walter Brennan who played Stumpy. Also fun was the interaction between the Duke and Angie Dickinson playing in her first role as leading lady. We first saw this movie in 1959 when it first came out Your obvious enjoyment warmed our hearts. 🥰
This is one of my favorite John Wayne movies. Christmas morning to this day when my sister and I head to our fathers house for breakfast he has this movie playing.
@@Gutslinger He was briefly at the beginning of the movie. He was John Wayne’s old friend who was leading a wagon train through town and warned him about the gunslingers. He and John Wayne were old friends offscreen as well as on so their scenes together always have a certain warmth to them. But even in his movies without Wayne Ward Bond always brings a sense of comfort, like walking into your grandpa’s house and getting that smell of pipe tobacco.
Yep, and Ricky hated every moment of it, but his father made him and his brother put on the brave face for millions of TV fans. His dad even prevented him from going to college because the show was more important to the old man. Yet another story of an emotional control freak of a dad, similar to the destructive jerks for fathers that Brian Wilson and Wil Wheaton had.
The tossing the silver dollar in the spittoon were attempts to humiliate Dude so that he would go into them to use the silver dollars to buy drinks for himself.
Howard Hawks and John Wayne made three movies with basically the same plot: RIO BRAVO (1959), EL DORADO (1966), with Robert Mitchum, and RIO LOBO (1970). It was the same as with John Ford's three Cavalry movies, all with John Wayne.
Stumpy, played by the legendary Walter Brennan, makes a hilarious impersonation of Chance/Wayne at the movie's end. Brennan ad-libbed this as an internal joke, as was Dean Martin's laughter. Howard Hawks saw the scene and decided to keep it in the movie.
Thank you for reacting to this one. One of my favorite John Wayne movies of all time! And your reactions to everything Stumpy did were PRICELESS!!!! Walter Brennan was awesome in this role. John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Walter Brennan had great chemistry in this movie, which is one of the reasons it's one of The Duke's best!
Wheeler is played by Ward Bond - a great friend of John Wayne and a regular in his movies. He played the leader of the Texas rangers in The Searchers and the priest in the Quiet Man.
This is my go to movie when I want an uplift. I am enjoying watching you watch this movie and others. You are delifhtul and seeing the movie through your eyes gives me another perspective when watching the movie. Thanks
I consider the "Lonesome Dove" 4 part miniseries to be the gold standard for westerns. It's a must see if you like an incredible score and cinematography, iconic characters played by a star-studded cast (Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Anglelica Huston, Ricky Schroder, Steve Buscemi, Robert Urich, Diane Lane, Glenne Headley, and more) and based on a pulitzer-prize winning novel. It's every bit as good as the novel and that's something you just never see.
OH YEAH! This is the BEST MOVIE EVER!!!! John Fords answer to "High Noon"! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I know you enjoyed this one! When I was twenty I had a five foot poster of John T. on the door! Great Show! Right Lady reacting to it also!
Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin were famous singers. Angie Dickinson played a police woman. Walter Brennan was Grandpa McCoy on the Real McCoys. Ward Bond was an old friend of John Wayne, they played football at USC.
' Rio Bravo' was made by Howard Hawks and John Wayne as a reaction to the movie 'High Noon' where everybody in town refused to help the sheriff ( Gary Cooper ) . . . Hawks and Wayne especially hated it when Gary Cooper threw the badge down and ground it into the dirt , then rode away with his bride . ( Grace Kelly ) Hawks and Wayne felt that Americans would 'never' be cowards . So they made 'Rio Bravo as an answer to 'High Noon' . But to sum up , I enjoyed both 'High Noon' and 'Rio Bravo' , but 'High Noon' has always been my favorite . One think I liked about Howard Hawks was that he often had very 'strong' women in his movies , going back to ' His Girl Friday' with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell , another movie you should check out !
This movie was very loosely remade (with bits from My Darling Clementined and High Noon) as a comedy called Support Your Local Sheriff with James Garner, Jack Elum, Harry Morgan and Walter Brennin (Water Brennin plays Stumpy in this film. He was the villain of that film
The hotel manager, Carlos, was played by Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez. He was the grandfather of actor Clifton Collins Jr. Gonzalez appeared in several John Wayne films
At the time Walter Brennan was staring in the TV series THE REAL MCCOYS. On his first day of work director Howard Hawks said to Brennan, "I don't want you doing that crap you do on television," whereupon Brennan came up with the limp and voice.
Excellent Classic Western movie! Can't miss with J.W. Stumpy is an iconic character! No one ever forgets Stumpy! My favorite also! Luv your classic Western movie choices you'll be yelling Yee Haw.... by the end of this week! Thanks for sharing Dawn Marie ❤️💛🤠
Dude, the drunk, is played by Dean Martin. Colorado, the young gunfighter, is played by Ricky Nelson. Both were incredibly popular singers of the time. Hearing them singing together is one of the best highlights of this movie.
Thanks for the explanation i don't care for explaining stuff.
Don't forget Walter Brennen, he actually had hit of his own "Old Shep"
there another movie made in similar vein John Wayne and Robert Mitchum called Rio Diablo you should check it out
Don't forget Claude Atkins
14:05 You're right that Angie Dickinson looked too old to be 22. She was 28 in real life. She's still alive today at 92.
Women tend to look older when their hair is up and pulled off of their face.
And she used to hang out with the famous rat pack.
She could pass for 22 in the 19th century. I've seen graduation photos where people looked middle-aged.
Actually, she was 26. The movie was filmed in May-July, 1958.
I remember reading somewhere that she had a crush on John Wayne ever since she saw him in Stagecoach. When she was eight.
@@thomast8539 I strongly disagree. I think they look younger with their hair up, and older with their hair down.
Making an alcoholic dig money out of a nasty spittoon for a drink was meant to be degrading.
She probably doesn't know what a spittoon is, or what nasty stuff is in it.
@@larryyeadeke2953 OMG, give the girl some credit. I think she has the smarts to figure it out, especially since we are talking about a container on the floor in a saloon.
@@larryyeadeke2953 How dumb do you think she is mate? lol
@@larryyeadeke2953 You're kidding, right mate?
People chewed tobacco back then. And constantly spat the sauce into them spitoons. Might as well have thrown that silver dollar into a urinal.
He made the exact same film with Robert Mitchum 😆(El Dorado)
Almost the exact same.
And Rio Lobo!
@@phredphlintstone6455 much quicker pace and James Caan!
I love that movie too, especially when Wayne and Caan go to see the Swede.
Almost exact. It's also very good!
They throw a coin in the spittoon, that's where people spit out when they are chewing tobacco. It's to humiliate him when he was drunk because he was so desperate for money he would reach into the spit to get booze money.
"She's like the prettiest girl I've ever seen my whole life". Amen to that, Dawn.
I second that! She was amazingly beautiful in this movie
Personally I'd go with Grace Kelly in Rear Windo / To Catch a Thief ... but personal preferences always exist.
@@Muck006 I would gladly go out with the loser in that debate.
@@williambowman2326 Very true, I have always favored Gene Tierny, and Hedy Lamarr. From the Silent screen days, Lillian Gish and Clara Bow.
@@Muck006 Audrey Hepburn in Tiffanys, Vivien Leigh in ... anything, or Mila Kunis in Oz : The Great & Powerful.
Walter Brennan who played Stumpy was in more than 200 films and won 3 Academy Awards.
One of the 1930’s through the 70s greatest supporting actors. Almost always the sidekick or co-star, but one of the best.
I had heard when Walter Brennan would be cast for a movie role he would ask the Director:
"Teeth or no teeth?"
to determine if he was to wear his dentures for the part or not.
Too funny.
Great reaction to a great movie.
Cheers!!!!
And he was never Young
@rhudoc3745 remember when he was playing poker with the Indian in Red River and he bet and lost his teeth? One of the funniest parts in one of the best westerns in cinematic history.
Although he won those Oscars because in those days Hollywood extras were allowed to vote for the winners and Walter Brennan was very popular with the extras union. When they stopped the extras from voting, Walter Brennan stopped winning!
Rio Bravo was the town. Another similar movie is Rio Lobo, along with El Dorado. The Sons of Katie Elder also stars the Duke and Dean Martin
A town named for a river. 😁
Even though all those films had basically the same story, they are all great and very much worth seeing.
"Rio Bravo" is also the Mexican name for the Rio Grande (river that is the border between Mexico and US state of Texas)
Similar? They're the same movie.
@@Philbert-s2c Not the same, merely a very similar plot. Everything else was slightly different too, therefore the movies are very similar, but not the same. For instance, Ricky Nelson's character was cool and he sang, whereas James Caan's character was a buffoon used for comic relief. His character was built on the old joke about never bringing a knife to a gunfight. I've developed a dislike for James Caan over the years, so I prefer this movie. Also, I can't see Robert Mitchum singing "My Rifle, My Pony, and Me." Now there is a funny thought for you. GRIN
Ricky Nelson was only 19 while recording this movie but already a television (and radio) star and a recording artist. BTW, his was the first song to be a number one on Billboard's Hot 100 list
Stumpy was played by the great Walter Brennan who had a very long career, starting in the 20s and continuing until his passing in 1974. He won three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, for _Come and Get It_ (1936), _Kentucky_ (1938), and _The Westerner_ (1940).
Two of his most memorable roles are in _Meet John Doe_ (1941, dir. Howard Hawks, with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck), and _To Have and Have Not_ (1944, dir. Frank Capra, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall).
Howard Hawks directed To Have Or Have Not.,Red River and Rio Bravo with Walter Brennan. A great dog movie with Walter and the little boy from Shane is Good Bye My Lady.
Frank Capra directed Meet John Doe.
@@paulpeacock1181Don’t forget Hawks and Brennan teamed for the great Sergeant York.
Brennan was also excellent, in a very different role, in My Darling Clementine.
"Dagnabbit Luke," people forget he had own TV comedy series The Real MCcoys from 1957 to 1963.
Really Wonderful movie. Thank you for reacting to these old movies when many would not. Your reaction videos are great.
10 yrs later john wayne remade this movie w different actors and called it Eldorado. Its also awesome
The gentleman shot in the opening scene was Bing Russell, father of Kurt Russell.
Finally, a new film fact. Good one.
I was going to say that but I wasn't sure she new who Kurt Russell was.
No way I have been watching that movie my whole life and didn’t know that. Nice one
BEST MOVIE REVIEW EVER!!!!!
I'm so happy you enjoyed this movie. It's one of my favorites, one of those I stop and watch whenever I see it on.
I don't understand why more YT reactors haven't watched it.
Claude Akins is one of my favorite character actors. May he 4ever RIP.
that cute lady is 92 years old now...
Still going strong.
I used to watch her TV show "Police Woman" back in the day.
Nah, Dawn's nowhere near that.
@@GWNorth-db8vn Dead man walking if Dawn notices! lol
@@kevindunn5650I was 10 when I first saw Police Woman, totally besotted by Angie growing up
Just constantly reminding myself that all these actors were fantastic in this... in 1959. Howard Hawks really made this film timeless. 🤠
I love to watch young folk reacting to my favorite songs and movies; I am so glad I found this one! Best reaction ever!
I absolutely love your voice, Dawn! Thank you for giving an old man a smile!✌️❤️
I'm with you, Dale; it's validating to watch young'uns finding out how good we had it, entertainment-wise. My favorite music-reaction channel: Andy & Alex. If you haven't, watch their first Doobie Brothers reactions in order: Long Train Runnin', Listen to the Music, China Grove, and Black Water. I never get tired of those four reactions. Those, and Stuck in the Middle with You, by Stealer's Wheel.
Walter Brennan, the actor who plays Stumpy, starred in the television show _'The Real McCoys'_ (1957-1963) and one of the local television stations aired reruns during my childhood.
Only later, through great movies like this one, did I become aware that he had a long career in film.
I love this movie so much. I watched it with my dad when I was a kid. The leading lady does not have a name. In the credits she is only known as Feathers. Big Jake is another of the movies I watched with my dad. oh the memories!
My dad and I watch Rio Bravo and Big Jake every year at Christmas.
One of the best westerns ever. So loved the combination of humor, strong characters, real friends, a sweet love interests, them singing in the jail house and an alcoholic's journey to recovery. Few films have ever been able to create such a unique mix. Loved your reaction to this.
I went to camp when I was a lad. Every afternoon it rained We saw this movie. This will be My first watch in nearly 50 years,
Every boy should watch John Wayne movies with his dad, but this is my favorite.
It must've been trippy experience to finally watch it again after that many years.
One of my favourite movies, John Wayne, Director Howard Hawks, and screenplay by Leigh Brackett. The trio was also responsible for 'Rio Lobo,' and my favourite John Wayne movie, 'Hatari.'
Leigh Bracket also wrote the first draft of 'The Empire Strikes Back.'
Aw Rio Bravo! Magic! 🍿
With Michelle Carey as Joey!!
@@markwilliams6394Wrong movie. She was in El Dorado.
@@TheBTG88 you're right, I remembered that after I sent the comment.
The brass “jar” on the floor is called a spittoon, and it’s there for people to spit into. When the guy threw the coin into it, Dean Martin’s character was so desperate for a drink he was willing to dig it out.
"Unloosen that belt!" Gotta love that elocutional precision.
One of my all time favorite movies from my favorite actor.
Thank you so much!
"To Have and Have Not" is a must see film to anyone who likes Walter Brennan. Now it is already 50 years since he passed away, but he still holds the record for most Oscars won by a supporting actor.
I love how invested you are in the characters of these old films. You may have action, romance, and comedy, but without interesting characters for you to care about and love or even hate, it doesn't elevate a movie to the next level. Which is what makes these older films stand out, you just have to let take you on a journey.
Rio Bravo (1959) is one of my most favourite movies of all time. And the last thing you would be thinking, these blokes singing in a Western like this.
One of my favorite westerns!
Rio Bravo was the name of the town.
The woman is Angie Dickerson, very popular and had her own police detective show later on. Ricky Nelson was a singer of some notable talent as well.
Young Scot, you are a delight to watch. You make my old heart happy.
The best westerns always stand the test of time which is why they are repeated so often and are always welcomed with great enthusiasm.
Lovely reactions from Dawn Marie, to this superb Rio Bravo movie!
I recommend that Dawn Marie watch the John Wayne western El Dorado, sometime soon!
Great review/reaction!
One of the best westerns ever. Angie Dickinson was one of the prettiest actress ever in her prime, did many films. Most of those in the cast are long gone, but their legacy lives on forever. Thank you for reminding us how great that movie was and thanks for introducing that movie to many younger folks of today. We just don't see films and stars like that today. Great stuff. You might like reacting to a western tv show that Clint Eastwood did way back when, a very young and super handsome Eastwood.
Angie Dickerson. One of the all-time beauties. if you saw her today and didn't know who she was, you would look at her and say, this lady must have been beautiful when she was young
She had a very popular t.v. series called Police Woman.(late seventies early eighties)
@@paulpeacock1181 She was in her mid 40s and still incredibly beautiful and sexy.
She grew up in Kulm, North Dakota about 40 miles away from where I grew up....and they say we're a flyover state😂. If they knew Dickinson was there the planes would have halted.
Dickinson bares it all in Big Bad Mama in 1974, and she's smokin' hot.
I saw this movie when I was a little boy. Loved it then and after "a hundred years" it is still my favorite movie! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I. Huk huk huk!
Hi Dawn. The guy who played Dude was Dean Martin. He was a part of the Las Vegas "Rat Pack" along with Frank Sinatra and all those guys. He was a recording star as well as an actor. Colorado was played by Ricky Nelson who grew up on TV on a show with his real family called The Ozzie and Harriet Show. He was a singer and a huge teen heartthrob. Oh and Ward Bond, the guy who played Wheeler also played the priest in The Quiet Man, and did many movie and TV roles, including being the wagon master on a popular old TV western called Wagon Train. He was in a number of John Waynes movies. Since you liked this movie I think you might like The Duke in El Dorado too. Very similiar story. Different cast and for a more serious western you might try Open Range with Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner. Very good movie. Enjoy!!
Ward Bond was one of the most popular character actors in Hollywood. He and John Wayne had been best friends since they both played (American) football at the University of Southern California in 1927. When this movie was made, that would have been over 30 years.
One of my favorite westerns EVER.
I recommend the John Wayne/John Ford western/cavalry trilogy She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950) and Fort Apache (1948)
This is by far my favorite John Wayne western. Yes, I know most people would say The Searchers is his best and he won an Oscar for True Grit (and should have won it for The Shootist) but for me this is the best of his westerns. Great buddy movie. Not just two buddies but five or more (Chance, Dude, Stumpy, Colorado, Feathers and even Carlos). Wonderful cast. Very fun to watch and one that can be enjoyed again and again. Dawn is right, Stumpy was the best, made the movie so funny and enjoyable.
"This is 2024 and this movie was made in 1959... That's almost - Holy Crap - a hundred years!" I was born in 1959 - it just feels like a hundred years...
Comedy western - Support your local Sheriff
And Support Your Local Gunfighter.
Don't forget They Call Me Trinity and My Name is Nobody. Terrence Hill fun is a must.
Very under rated movie!
Yes. Support Your Local Sheriff. The sequel is good but not as good as the first.
Great movie.
I think this is the movie that inspired John Carpenter to make Assault on Precinct 13 - now THERE'S a movie worth a reaction!
Rumor has it that the budget for the entire movie was $50,000.
Carpenter was a genius who could make a little money go a long, long way.
Agreed. John Carpenter could manage the global economy a whole lot better than today's clowns...@@thewildgoose7467
Loved that movie
fun fact: a (minor) point in Good Morning Vietnam (set in 1965) is the bar owner trying to get naked photographs of Walter Brennan - the actor that plays Stumpy in Rio Bravo (filmed in 1958).
Outstanding reaction. The reason some movies remain great is that the eyes are about the human conditions. Not the topics or politics of the day, This is about duty, true friendship, honor, and choices in life. The ideas of Rio Bravo were relevant in 1959 and will be in 2059. Add great directing, solid acting, and action .. you have a real movie. The young star that played Colorado was Ricky Nelson. He grew up on television playing himself on the show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet for 17 years. He was a major star of early rock and roll and from about 1957-1962 he was only topped by Elvis in record sales. Great reaction to a really great Western. BTW…. Angie Dickinson was one of the 2 women allowed to play poker with Sinatras Rat Pack. Her friend Dean Martin(Dude) helped to get her this role that made her mainstream popular.
I'm so glad you watched this one, I adore this movie! It's a crime that so few folks react to it. My all time favorite western, I never get tired of watching it.
In 1977 I was a freshman at the University of Alabama. 20 of us piled into a Winnebago and drove to L.A. for the USC game. Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) , who was an alumni, threw a party. Met Angie Dickinson and Don Knotts.
One of my favorite westerns! You can't go wrong with John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Rickie Nelson. I find it satisfying that you enjoy the humor in this movie so much. I was beginning to think I was the only one
Since you like Walter Brennan (Stumpy) and black and white movies you might be interested in the Academy Award winner for 1941. It is the Gary Cooper movie, SERGEANT YORK, a biopic on the mst decorated allied soldier from WWI. And like Desmond Doss, he was also a conscientious objector. Good movie, a little dated and not nearly as gory or intense as HACKSAW RIDGE, but it still holds up quite well. You'll like it.
“Stumpy” (Walter Brennan) was a two time Academy Award winner. You would like him in The Westerner with Gary Cooper and the Far Country with Jimmy Stewart besides a bunch of other sidekick and supporting actor roles. And later in Support Your Local Sheriff.
@@bennychristensen4314 Yeah, THE WESTERNER would be a great pick for Walter Brennan too. I'll second that one. But SERGEANT YORK, first.
Sadly in real life Brenna was considered on of the most hateful men in Hollywood for his racist and radical anti communist views.
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Tom Danby pulls a broken set of dentures out of his shirt pocket: "Look Pa! Your teeth saved my life!"
Pa Danby: "Damnit! Those were my eatin' teeth!"
Big thumbs up to Sargent York (and maybe sometime in the future - Pride of the Yankees)
It's great to see a young woman fan of westerns. Not many do but if they were to give westerns a chance I'm sure they would enjoy them. I grew up with westerns since the 50's.
My great great grandfather immigrated from Brandenburg, Prussia (Germany) to Bellville, Tx. in 1854. The Battle at The Alamo was in 1836, 140 mi. from Bellville. Texas had won its independence from Mexico but he had settled in Comanche territory. My family history probably has a lot to do with why I recognize the playing of "El Deguello" in "Rio Bravo". Supposedly, Santa Ana had his troops play that song day & night prior to his attack on the Alamo to tell the men inside that he had ordered the taking of no prisoners. According to a Mexican officers diary, Davy Crockett (played by John Wayne in the movie) was taken prisoner with several other men. Santa Ana ordered them executed by sword and/or bayonet to save on gun powder & ball. He then had all of the bodies burned in a mass pyre in an attempt to prevent honoring them as heroes. "El Deguello" is a pretty tune with a violent history.
I was 11 when I saw this when it first came out and bought the comic book. Ricky Nelson was a TV star and a rock and roll contemporary of Elvis Presley. At the theater, when the final shootout took place, all the young girls would scream every time a shot came close to him.
Stumpy is played by the great Walter Brennan. In the Robin Williams box office smash hit movie "Good Morning Vietnam" it's Walter Brennan's "shapely ankles" that bar owner Jimmy keeps asking for pictures of. There are only a very few memories I still have from when I started attending school in the mid-60's but one that is VERY clear is while eating breakfast before school each morning the TV would be playing an episode of the (already in syndication) hillbilly sitcom "The Real McCoy's".
The "kid" Colorado is played by 1950's pop singer and radio/TV sitcom star Rick Nelson. Ricky's biggest selling hits in the 50's were "Traveling Man" and "Poor Little Fool". You may be more familiar with his equally musically talented twin sons "The Nelsons". Ricky starred with his parents and older brother David in the very popular family sitcom, first on radio and then on TV, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".
"Feathers" is played by Angie Dickenson who has the distinction of having been the ONLY EVER female member of "the Rat Pack". Then in the 1970's she "broke" a "glass ceiling" when she starred in ABC television's series "Police Woman" which was the first "successful" long running American television police drama featuring a female actor in the lead/title role. Without Angie Dickenson's success there might never have been a "Cagney and Lacey"(Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless) or a "former FBI profiler" Brenda Lee Johnson(Kyra Sedgwick-Bacon) as "The Closer" or her successor Captain Sharon Raydor(Mary "Stands With A Fist" McDonnell) in "Major Crimes" or a Detective Joss Carter(Taraji P Henson) in "Person of Interest" or etc etc etc
Speaking of the Rat Pack...if you've already seen or are planning to see the casino heist movie "Ocean's 11" be sure you check out the ORIGINAL starring the ENTIRE Rat Pack. It is IMHO a thousand times better than the really really effed up version with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia and ....
The Searchers is a must watch
It doesn't depict Native people very well.
The Big Country, The Cowboys, Once Upon A Time In The West and True Grit are better westerns, but so many think Ford was the king.
Searchers overrated 😁
Pretty sure she already reacted to The Searchers.
@@dan_hitchman007 it depicts natives as both peaceful and violent, ya know, like real life.
Orson Welles said: "If John Ford is a poet, then Howard Hawks is prose." Rio Bravo is one of my top 3 favorite Westerns. I watch it at least once a year. Hawks is really is the opposite side of the coin to Ford, as a director. They both approach the same themes in their Westerns, worked with many of the same stars, but with totally different stylistic approaches. His Westerns were not as acclaimed as Ford's, but these days I notice younger audiences gravitate toward him more.
My favorite movie. One hour, 45 minutes Dean and Ricky sing My Rifle, My Pony, and Me. The outfit Ricky is wearing was worn by Elvis in his first movie.
There are westerns that deserve being watched over and over. This is one of them. Truly a classic.
Loved your reaction.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. (Where else could I be to love westerns so much! LOL)
I've seen this movie probably a couple of dozen times over many years, and I NEVER noticed the name of the saloon is Rio Bravo! Well, BRAVO to you! I truly enjoy watching you react to these movies, so I hope you keep doing them -- thank you! (And btw, Stumpy is played by the great character actor Walter Brennan, who was actually born in New England and naturally spoke with a rather patrician accent.)
One of my top favorite Westerns!
Two of my favorite movies, 1959 was a great year.
The other is Operation: Petticoat.
One of the greatest westerns ever!
I love this movie. And Stumpy is an awesome character. :)
FYI. This movie is John Wayne's response to High Noon. He didn't like how the Sheriff was portrayed as someone begging for help from the townsfolk.
"Reply" may be too weak. I would say rejection. The Duke despised the message in High Noon.
@@doc_adams8506 lol. That is very true. He certainly hatedthe movie. I was being a bit too diplomatic.
Walter Brennan (Stumpy) was my favorite from this film too, as a kid in the 80’s I loved him in The Gnome Mobile (1967). The song scene in this film was always a highlight for me…beautiful voices in harmony! 👌🥰
You’ve watched some great westerns. If you want more recs: Open Range (2003), Dances with Wolves, Tombstone (1993), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Quigley Down Under (1990), The Man from Snowy River (1982), and Lonesome Dove (miniseries)!
This was great again ty for bringing back these great movies
YES!
This is a movie every boy should watch with his father, but I shared it with my new girlfriend, Cindy, having completely forgotten about the song after My Rifle, My Pony and Me.
She ditched me a couple of months ago but I will always love this movie --- "There you go again! What would you do if I wasn't here to throw 'em fer ya?"
"I'd throw 'em myself."
I know it can be tough, but you'll meet someone else eventually and move on, a little smarter and a little wiser.
@@THOMMGB To hell with her, I miss Derby.
That little orange furball was my cat therapy.
i saw this movie in 1959 - i was 10 when my Dad took me my brother & some friends & i remember the Cartoon - it was called "A Pizza Tweety Pie" with Tweety Bird & Sylvester the Cat - my Dad Laughed so much -the people there were getting bang out him - we still talk about that - me 75 now -,i think that cartoon is still on You tube
This movie was basically made 3 times with John Wayne. Rio Bravo,El Dorado, and Rio Lobo. Not exactly but plots and characters were similar. Thinking that Howard Hawks was involved in all 3 films but not certain.
He produced and directed all three.
El Dorado also has a screenplay by the late, great Leigh Brackett
El Dorado, Sons of Katie Elder, The Searchers, The Shootist, True Grit….
There are tons of great John Wayne westerns. I particularly love Sons of Katie Elder.
Excellent reaction to a really fun movie thanks to Walter Brennan who played Stumpy. Also fun was the interaction between the Duke and Angie Dickinson playing in her first role as leading lady. We first saw this movie in 1959 when it first came out Your obvious enjoyment warmed our hearts. 🥰
This is one of my favorite John Wayne movies. Christmas morning to this day when my sister and I head to our fathers house for breakfast he has this movie playing.
Duke or no Duke, Ward Bond elevates every film he's in.
I don't know about you, but to me, Bond's best role was as the priest in The Quiet Man.
@@johnrust592 his best role was the sheriff in 3 Godfathers.
He didn’t have enough scenes in Quiet Man.
Which character was Ward Bond?
@@Gutslinger He was briefly at the beginning of the movie. He was John Wayne’s old friend who was leading a wagon train through town and warned him about the gunslingers. He and John Wayne were old friends offscreen as well as on so their scenes together always have a certain warmth to them. But even in his movies without Wayne Ward Bond always brings a sense of comfort, like walking into your grandpa’s house and getting that smell of pipe tobacco.
*Dawn, Watching your reaction to this movie was an absolute delight!! "BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!"* 😁
BEST REACTION EVER!!!!
Thanks for sharing you reaction with us, and here's hoping we all have a great day tomorrow
The "kid" is Ricky Nelson, a teen heartthrob and singer from the 50's. I think he was in a tv series with his whole family
First on radio and then on television -- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett.
@@anthonyleecollins9319 Thanks, I couldn't remember the name of the show
Sadly he was killed in a plane crash. Quite young too.
Yep, and Ricky hated every moment of it, but his father made him and his brother put on the brave face for millions of TV fans. His dad even prevented him from going to college because the show was more important to the old man. Yet another story of an emotional control freak of a dad, similar to the destructive jerks for fathers that Brian Wilson and Wil Wheaton had.
His sons, Matthew and Gunnar, for the 80s rock group Nelson.
The tossing the silver dollar in the spittoon were attempts to humiliate Dude so that he would go into them to use the silver dollars to buy drinks for himself.
One of my favorite movies. And favorite actors! John Wayne!
Thank you so much for watching my ALL TIME favorite John Wayne movie, and loving it so much. You’re the best ❤
God bless you people across the pond. I love watching y'all see your old antique movies
One of the best movies
Howard Hawks and John Wayne made three movies with basically the same plot: RIO BRAVO (1959), EL DORADO (1966), with Robert Mitchum, and RIO LOBO (1970). It was the same as with John Ford's three Cavalry movies, all with John Wayne.
excellent choice my favorite. Best movie ever.
Stumpy, played by the legendary Walter Brennan, makes a hilarious impersonation of Chance/Wayne at the movie's end. Brennan ad-libbed this as an internal joke, as was Dean Martin's laughter. Howard Hawks saw the scene and decided to keep it in the movie.
Thank you for reacting to this one. One of my favorite John Wayne movies of all time! And your reactions to everything Stumpy did were PRICELESS!!!! Walter Brennan was awesome in this role.
John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Walter Brennan had great chemistry in this movie, which is one of the reasons it's one of The Duke's best!
Dawn there is a remake of this movie called El Dorado, with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, from a few years late which is also pretty darn good too!
Wheeler is played by Ward Bond - a great friend of John Wayne and a regular in his movies. He played the leader of the Texas rangers in The Searchers and the priest in the Quiet Man.
He was also the first bus driver in "It Happened One Night." A movie that swept every major Oscar category in 1934.
This is my go to movie when I want an uplift. I am enjoying watching you watch this movie and others. You are delifhtul and seeing the movie through your eyes gives me another perspective when watching the movie. Thanks
I consider the "Lonesome Dove" 4 part miniseries to be the gold standard for westerns. It's a must see if you like an incredible score and cinematography, iconic characters played by a star-studded cast (Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Anglelica Huston, Ricky Schroder, Steve Buscemi, Robert Urich, Diane Lane, Glenne Headley, and more) and based on a pulitzer-prize winning novel. It's every bit as good as the novel and that's something you just never see.
OH YEAH! This is the BEST MOVIE EVER!!!! John Fords answer to "High Noon"! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I know you enjoyed this one! When I was twenty I had a five foot poster of John T. on the door! Great Show! Right Lady reacting to it also!
The ULTIMATE BEST EVER : action - buddy movie
Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin were famous singers. Angie Dickinson played a police woman. Walter Brennan was Grandpa McCoy on the Real McCoys. Ward Bond was an old friend of John Wayne, they played football at USC.
' Rio Bravo' was made by Howard Hawks and John Wayne as a reaction to the movie 'High Noon' where everybody in town refused to help the sheriff ( Gary Cooper ) . . . Hawks and Wayne especially hated it when Gary Cooper threw the badge down and ground it into the dirt , then rode away with his bride . ( Grace Kelly ) Hawks and Wayne felt that Americans would 'never' be cowards . So they made 'Rio Bravo as an answer to 'High Noon' . But to sum up , I enjoyed both 'High Noon' and 'Rio Bravo' , but 'High Noon' has always been my favorite . One think I liked about Howard Hawks was that he often had very 'strong' women in his movies , going back to ' His Girl Friday' with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell , another movie you should check out !
My all time favourite western
This movie was very loosely remade (with bits from My Darling Clementined and High Noon) as a comedy called Support Your Local Sheriff with James Garner, Jack Elum, Harry Morgan and Walter Brennin (Water Brennin plays Stumpy in this film. He was the villain of that film
so good to hear Walter Brennon again and a young Angie Dickenson 1959 that is 65 years ago I was born in 59
The hotel manager, Carlos, was played by Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez. He was the grandfather of actor Clifton Collins Jr.
Gonzalez appeared in several John Wayne films
At the time Walter Brennan was staring in the TV series THE REAL MCCOYS. On his first day of work director Howard Hawks said to Brennan, "I don't want you doing that crap you do on television," whereupon Brennan came up with the limp and voice.
"With my three good companions
Just my rifle, pony and me" 😉
Excellent Classic Western movie! Can't miss with J.W. Stumpy is an iconic character! No one ever forgets Stumpy! My favorite also! Luv your classic Western movie choices you'll be yelling Yee Haw.... by the end of this week! Thanks for sharing Dawn Marie ❤️💛🤠