According to Quentin Tarantino, Rio Bravo stands as the "best hangout movie of all-time," a reference to the fact that most of the movie concerns what its three leading men - John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson - get up to why they await an inevitable gunfight. Directed by Howard Hawks, there's no better way to spend two hours.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
