There has never been another Western genre icon quite like John Wayne. Sure, Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner have their own horse opera presence, but the Duke is in a category all his own. Near the ...

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’s unit ...

Rio Lobo is the disappointing end of a trilogy of John Wayne Westerns, but it could have been saved by one of the star's own suggestions. The Rio Bravo trilogy is an odd one, since none of the films ...

In 1959, John Wayne returned to the Western genre with a patriotic flair in Rio Bravo. Following his role in John Ford's The Searchers, Duke had attempted to distance himself from Westerns, but the ...

John T. Chance (John Wayne) and Feathers (Angie Dickinson) stand in a hotel room of a saloon in 'Rio Bravo' (1959) Image via Warner Bros. No Western star commands the screen like John Wayne, with his ...

John Wayne struggled with health problems and through action scenes on Rio Lobo, including carrying his co-star Jennifer O'Neill, who was punched by director Howard Hawks. John Wayne had already ...