Rio conchos, from 1964, stars stuart whitman, richard boone, edmund obrien and in his first movie role, football legend jim brown. It is probably one of the best aspects of the film. Im thinking it was a marlin due to the fact it has a short magazine tube and what looks like cut checkering and the shells looked like they ejected from the side. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Richard boone is a former confederate soldier who comes. Rio conchos was a western i didnt see when westerns were often on tv usually bbc2. Some of browns other movies, like rio conchos and 100 rifles served as much as a model as lees spaghetti westerns and both the wild bunch and the professionals might have been sources of inspiration as well. Richard boone western movies to watch free westerns tv. Predstavlja filmski debi jima browna, tadasnje zvijezde americkog nogometa koji ce postati jedan od prvih crnih hollywoodskih zvijezda. Even the female character played by attractive wende wagner as india sally, reveals a woman who knows that she wishes and makes it irresistible. With the exception of a fine lead performance by richard boone, theres very little to recommend rio conchos other than as an adequately produced, routinely told westernaction film. Soundtrack is by jerry goldsmith main theme clair huffakers novel is reminiscent of both john waynes the comancheros of which.
Rio grande 1950 cast and crew lieutenant colonel kirby yorke john wayne heads a cavalry post on the texas side of the rio grande, defending settlers against apaches launching raids from the. Rio conchos jerry goldsmithmain theme original soundtrack. Rio conchos unfolds in texas, shortly after the end of the civil war. In 1870s, in the sioux territory south of the missouri, trapper and indian scout luther yellowstone kelly is hired by the army at fort buford but runs into trouble with the sioux. That jolt of recognition was the most interesting thing about it. A former confederate officer and a mexican try to prevent a former confederate colonel from selling stolen rifles to renegade apaches in mexico. Rio conchos was filmed in moab, utah, though the conchos river and most of the action of the film takes place in mexico. The trail leads to james lassiter, who owns one of the stolen rifles, but he refuses to reveal the name of his contact and is jailed with rodriguez, a mexican murderer.
Two common factors are stuart whitman, who appears in both movies, and screenwriter clair huffaker, who contributed to both scripts. Three years later, whitman was the lead in rio conchos, another film which had a remarkably similar plot to this one. A patrol headed by captain haven and sergeant franklyn is sent to investigate the theft of 2,000 rifles from a u. Nov 12, 20 they finally find pardee on the rio conchos a tributary of the rio grande, extending into the state of chihuahua, along with the rifles and bloodshirts apaches, but are captured by the indians and tortured before an explosive ending. Mar 07, 2010 rio conchos is a 1964 cinemascope western starring stuart whitman, richard boone, tony franciosa, wende wagner, edmund obrien, and in his motion picture debut, jim brown. And it was only at the end, when edmond obrien is standing in his flat pack mansion, that i realised i had seen rio conchos before, back in my childhood on t. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. I saw it as a kid when it came out at the movies and have seen it dozens of times. Drama, full length western movie, cowboy film, english, american classic feature film, buong pelikula. The conchos has several reservoirs that make use of its water for agricultural and hydropower uses. See the full list of rio conchos cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing rio conchos near you.
Many of these early westerns were considered melodramatic or sentimental plots centered around the goal of maintaining law and order on the frontier. A huge shipment of rifles are stolen in texas sometime shortly following the close of the civil war. The basic story structure of the lone wolf exconfederate soldier boone who becomes forced by circumstance to confront his past was overly familiar long before. Two army officers, an alcoholic exconfederate soldier and a womanizing mexican travel to mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal exconfederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen. Film music site rio conchos soundtrack jerry goldsmith. The service was quick and efficient and dvd was in good condition.
Ive been catching up on films i missed and im glad i got this one. Showdown at williams creek western movie, rare film, english. Harkening back to the days of john wayne and the classic western, the moab area has been a popular destination for feature length films, commercials, and television shows for almost 70 years. The type of movie i really enjoy, even though rio conchos doesnt come close to the best that 1960s action cinema has to offer. Vegas gun ranges target thrillseeking tourists with ever bigger weapons the guardian. Predstavlja adaptaciju guns of rio conchos claira huffakera. About 1 minute into this video one can see the rifle and the shells being fired and ejected on the grounddefinitely a 73. Jan 06, 2020 of special interest is the lodges movie museum, featuring artifacts and information about the movies filmed in the region.
Download all yts rio conchos movies torrents for free in 720p, 1080p, 4k and 3d quality. Smallest size with best quality and fast downloads at. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. In 1949, john ford first ventured out from the iconic monument valley to film along the majestic colorado river corridor. The story might seem slightly familiar, which is not something. The rio conchos is the main river in the state of chihuahua and the rio grandes largest tributary.
The same type of rifles were used in rio conchos a film made 3 years prior to hombre. Movie locations on private lands are included with the landowners permission. Havent seen this western in over 20 years, a western thats all about vengeance. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of rio conchos with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all. From 1975, take a hard ride features brown in the lead, along with lee van cleef, fred the hammer williamson, catherine. May 06, 2018 rio conchos is a conventional, yet graphically violent, western of the old school directed by gordon douglas them. I only saw a few blaxploitation films in my moviegoing days, and they had to include martial arts. Rio conchos is a 1964 cinemascope western starring stuart whitman, richard boone, tony franciosa, wende wagner, edmund obrien, and in his motion picture debut, jim brown.
Music is scored by jerry goldsmith and joseph macdonald is the cinematographer. Internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and. What was the lever action rifle that paul newmans character john russell used in the 1967 movie hombre. By the time of rio conchos, composer jerry goldsmith was well on his way to becoming one of the busiest of the thennew composers scoring films. Enjoy this guide as a glimpse of moabs movie past as you tour some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. Probably because it didnt star wayne, lancaster, marvin and co. Rio conchos cast and crew cast photos and info fandango.
Rio conchos is a film directed by gordon douglas with richard boone, stuart whitman, anthony franciosa, jim brown, year. Read the full synopsis of rio conchos, 1964, directed by gordon douglas, with richard boone, stuart whitman, tony franciosa, at turner classic movies. It is one of the most important river systems in all of northern mexico. It stars richard boone, stuart whitman, jim brown, tony franciosa, wende wagner and edmond obrien. Howard hawks and john wayne reunite to riff on their own rio bravo, and while the results are less memorable the movie does offer a curiously cynical perspective. Rio conchos bears some resemblance to the 1961 john wayne vehicle the comancheros. Dec 24, 2018 showdown at williams creek 1991, original title. Please respect the land and location sites by staying on existing roads. Productions filmed in utah and the specific cities or locations where they were filmed related pages. Its a kind of mix between waynes the comancheros and the searchers plus the later filmed the professionals 1966. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The moab to monument valley film commission holds the title of the longest running film commission in the world.
See movie sites from city slickers, comancheros, rio grande, rio conchos, smoke signals and the new disney film john carter of mars. The trapdoor springfield refers to a series of breech loading rifles developed by springfield, beginning with the springfield model 1868 chambered in. The type of movie in which entertaining action takes precedence over realism. Rio conchos is directed by gordon douglas and adapted to screenplay by joseph landon from the clair huffaker novel. In that film which avoided the anachronisms of this film by being set after the civil war, whitmans character was the upstanding figure compelled to work with rogues who either had criminal pasts, or worked on the edge of the. The movie was filmed in east high school in salt lake city, murray high school, jon m. Huntsman center at the university of utah, snow canyon country club, murray, st. The property around the lodge was a key location for many wellknown westerns, including rio grande, cheyenne autumn, and the comancheros. The picture relies heavily on the relationship among the misfit group, though gets enjoyable nuances and charm enough and along the way confront indians rebels and themselves. A group of four men led by exconfederate soldier major jim lassiter richard boone sets out across the desert on a secret mission to prevent an unbalanced exconfederate colonel from selling a. Rio conchos 1964, richard boone, stuart whitman, tony.
Rio conchos 1964 my introduction to this film was jerry goldsmiths score for this film. Rio conchos rio conchos is a big, tough, actionpacked slambang western with as tough a set of characters as ever rode the sage. Rio conchos 1964 richard boone, stuart whitman, anthony. Rio conchos je americki western film snimljen 1964. Jun 08, 2016 all three of the successful high school musical films were almost entirely shot in utah. The western movie genre, among the first film genres, started being filmed during the silent film era between 1894 1929. Still, hes the marshal, and were supposed to be on his side. All movie locations are accessible with a twowheel drive vehicle. Find out when and where you can watch rio bravo on tv with the full listings schedule at. Jerry goldsmith s complete soundtrack was given a limited release on cd in january 2000 by film score monthly that featured a tiein title song by johnny desmond. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english. Im not sure whether burt lancaster plays the good guy or the bad guy in lawman, but maybe thats the point. Mar 19, 2020 during the height of the westerns popularity, he wrote the screenplay adaptations for five of his twelve novelsflaming lance filmed as flaming star, posse from hell, guns of rio conchos filmed as rio conchos, badman filmed as the war wagon, seven ways from sundown, and nobody loves a drunken indian filmed as flapwhich starred.
He plays a hard, cold, sullen lawandorder type, who sides with justice against mercy at every opportunity, and he causes a lot of unnecessary grief before the movie s over. Productions filmed in utah cities and national parks. The moab area has been a filming location since 1949. Rio conchos 1964 richard boone, stuart whitman, anthony franciosa. Trapdoor springfield rifle internet movie firearms database. Rio conchos was a good movie, i first watched it on tv in full frame aspect ration 1. Favorites are the dirty dozen, ice station zebra, mars attacks ack ack ack.
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