Line #5 YMMV/RioBravo


1	* AdaptationDisplacement: There was originally a short story by Barbara Hawks [=McCampbell=], Howard Hawks' daughter, who paid her to write it.
2	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Nathan Burdette serious when he plays ''El Degüello'' to signify that he won't show any mercy even if the heroes surrender, or is he just bluffing? His men don't kill Dude when they briefly impersonate him and also leave Carlos and Consuela alive after taking them prisoner. Chance even speculates that Burdette won't try to kill anyone except himself and Dude (both of whom witnessed Joe commit murder).
3	* AwardSnub: It received zero UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations.
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
5	** The score by Music/DimitriTiomkin.
6	** Creator/HowardHawks realised that he had Music/DeanMartin and MusicCreator/RickyNelson in his film, so he put a musical number in. Martin sings "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" (which [[RecycledSoundtrack samples Tiomkin's own score from]] ''Film/RedRiver''), while Nelson leads a singalong of "Come Along Home, Cindy".
7	* BrokenBase: While ''Rio Bravo'' and ''Film/ElDorado'' are both widely accepted as classic Westerns, asking a room full of fans of the genre which film is better is unlikely to result in a unanimous consensus.
8	* EthnicScrappy: The Hispanic hotel owner and his wife are more annoying than comical to some. Though Carlos at least provides aid to the heroes during the final confrontation with Burdette and his men.
9	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film was a huge success in Italy, laying the groundwork for the following decade's Spaghetti Western boom.
10	* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct:
11	** Despite appearing to call for nothing more than Creator/JohnWayne's typical performance, the film lets him show more range than usual, as Chance has quite a few vulnerable moments where it's clear how worried he really is about making it through the standoff. He also gets really flustered in his scenes with Feathers.
12	** The film also showed people that Creator/DeanMartin could do more than sing or be straight man to former comedy team partner Creator/JerryLewis. The scenes where recovering alcoholic Dude is going through withdrawal and has the "shakes" proved how good a dramatic actor he could be.
13	* HilariousInHindsight: Nathan Burdette has a band play music that was used to intimidate the defenders at the Alamo. A year after this film, Creator/JohnWayne directed and starred in ''Film/{{The Alamo\|1960}}'' as Davy Crockett.
14	* HoYay: The word "homoerotic" has been used to describe some people's feelings about the duet between the deputies.
15	* MoralEventHorizon: If you didn't think Joe Burdette was a {{Jerkass}} for tossing a coin in a spittoon for Dude or forcing a kiss on a woman, you will when he murders a man for absolutely no reason other than he tried to break up his fight with Dude.
16	* SignatureScene: Whether it's viewed as HoYay or simple bonding and camaraderie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CBBuV1jZpE the scene]] of the deputies singing in the jail is a pretty iconic ActionFilmQuietDramaScene.
17	* TheWoobie: Dude. He's left broken from an unhappy affair, and has turned to alcoholism, which has taken a toll on his confidence.

Context YMMV / RioBravo