John T. Chance: He wanted to talk to his brother.
Colorado Ryan: What'd he have to say?
John T. Chance: Nothing.
Colorado Ryan: You mean he didn't say anything?
John T. Chance: Why are you so interested?
Colorado Ryan: Because he's talkin' now. Hear that music? He told the man to play it.
John T. Chance: What is it?
Colorado Ryan: Well, they call it the "De Guello"... the cutthroat song. The Mexicans played it for those Texas boys when they had 'em bottled up in the Alamo.
John T. Chance: Yeah.
Colorado Ryan: Played it day and night 'til it was all over. Now do you know what he means by it?
John T. Chance: No quarter. No mercy for the loser.
Colorado Ryan: You'll be hearin' a lot of it.
John T. Chance: I guess we made him talk after all.
(Rio Bravo, 1959)
10 comments:
Great movie.
Where else can you see Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin and Walter Brennan sing as a trio?
Plus Angie Dickerson and her breasts.
That movie is so great that you forget (at least I forgot till I looked up the cast) that Ward Bond, no slouch in his own right, has a minor role in it. Truly an embarrassment of riches.
Or the Angie Dickenson that came with the legs!
First time I saw that movie I didn't recognize Angie; it must have been the hair.
John T. Chance: You're not as smart as your brother, Joe. He sees Stumpy here sittin' around the corner locked in with you...and if that isn't plain enough, I'll tell you why. If any trouble starts around this jail, before anybody can get to you you're gonna get accidentally shot.
Stumpy: I can practical' guarantee that!
This movie was written as a direct response to High Noon. If you remember in High Noon, no one would help the sheriff. In Rio Bravo he gets offers of help all over the place but refuses them because he knows it's his job and he has to do with the help of just a few.
Or, as he tells Ward Bonds character- 'What have you got a bunch of well meaning, married amatuers? More people for Burdette to shoot at?" Or words to that effect; I seem to have misplaced my copy of the script. ;?)
I don't think I've seen this one!
... not to mention the opening scene, where there's no dialogue at all for the first 5 minutes or so.
Apparently Howard Hawkes was disgusted by High Noon. He really hated that the sheriff was asking people who weren't professional gun-slingers for help.
Another notable scene with no dialogue: when Chance picks her up and carries her upstairs... *sigh*
I have to say it's really Dean Martin and Angie Dickinson who make that movie for me. But there really are so many things to love about it. I like it more every time I see it.
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