Rio Bravo

TCM's Dave Karger introduces Rio Bravo, 1959.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Rio Bravo, 1959.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Rio Bravo, 1959.

TCM's new Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Rio Bravo, 1959.

Howard Hawks' famous scene in which drying-out Dude (Dean Martin), backed up by Chance (John Wayne), gets his man by spotting a bloody mug of beer in Rio Bravo, 1959.

Colorado (Ricky Nelson, comfortable with cigarettes and six-guns) helps Chance (John Wayne) out of a jam with an assist from Feathers (Angie Dickinson) in Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo, 1959.

Introductions including a strong one for Colorado (Ricky Nelson) as Wheeler (Ward Bond) and his men are greeted by Chance (John Wayne) and crew in Howard Hawks' laconic Rio Bravo, 1959.

One expects the specialty number ("My Rifle, My Pony and Me," Dimitri Tiomkin and Paul Francis Webster) for Dude (Dean Martin) and Colorado (Ricky Nelson), but maybe not the encore with Stumpy (Walter Brennan) in Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo, 1959.

Modest credit sequence followed by grisly scene with lush deputy Dude (Dean Martin) being taunted by evil Joe (Claude Akins), until Sheriff Chance (John Wayne) intervenes, in Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo, 1959.

Rampant sexism and double-entendre as Chance (John Wayne) visits Carlos & Consuelo (Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez and Estelita Rodriguez) then meets Feathers (Angie Dickinson) in Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo, 1959.

A sheriff (John Wayne) enlists a drunk (Dean Martin), a kid (Ricky Nelson) and an old man (Walter Brennan) to help him fight off a ruthless cattle baron in Rio Bravo (1959), directed by Howard Hawks.