El Dorado
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Rio Bravo
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About 1959 American Western film directed by Howard Hawks
Genres Western, buddy, romance
Directed by Howard Hawks, Paul Helmick
Written by Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman
Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, Ward Bond, Harry Carey, Claude Akins
Music Dimitri Tiomkin
Runtime 136 min
Country United States
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