Rio Bravo screenplay – Scripts on Screen

Year:1959

Director:Howard Hawks

Written by:B.H. McCampbell (Author), Jules Furthman (Screenplay), Leigh Brackett (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The sheriff of a small town in southwest Texas must keep custody of a murderer whose brother, a powerful rancher, is trying to help him escape. After a friend is killed trying to muster support for him, he and his deputies - a disgraced drunk and a cantankerous old cripple - must find a way to hold out against the rancher's hired guns until the marshal arrives. In the meantime, matters are complicated by the presence of a young gunslinger - and a mysterious beauty who just came in on the last stagecoach.

Rio Bravo Script Resources:

Rio Bravo Script PDF at The Script Savant
Rio Bravo Script at scribd.com
Rio Bravo Script PDF - 2/26/58 FINAL at Script City ($)
Rio Bravo Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Rio Bravo Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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