Rio Lobo, a remake of Rio Bravo and El Dorado, came out in 1970 and featured John Wayne as the lead. Wayne played Cord McNally, a Civil War veteran searching for two traitors who caused McNally ...

Yet Howard Hawks, who directed both films, wanted to make it a third time in 1970’s Rio Lobo. When the filmmaker first approached Duke about the idea, the Hollywood star replied: “Do I get to ...

Sadly, though, by the time the star came to film 1970's Rio Lobo (a blatant remake of Rio Bravo) towards the end of his career, he was in so much pain struggled to get on and off his horse.

In comparison to the recent re-release of Wayne's classic True Grit, Rio Lobo is very impressive, but that is only because it isn't full of the artificial processing that made robbed that ...

leading to the making of 1970's Rio Lobo. Now celebrating its 54th anniversary, Rio Lobo encountered a change of plans, moving from its intended $5 million budget shoot in Durango, Mexico ...