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Trivia Error

posted 17 years ago by allandray
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There is a mistake in the trivia section as Robert Mitchum was not in "Rio Bravo". The part of the town drunk who is re-enlisted as John Wayne's deputy is played by Dean Martin. However Mitchum did play the drunken sheriff J.P.Harrah in Howard Hawks' 1966 western, El Dorado, whom Wayne rehabilitates (as he does the Martin character in "Rio Bravo"). Did Tavernier/Noiret mean to refer to this film and get the two muddled up? It's a common mistake as they are both a reworking of the same plot by the same director with the same basic characters and both have John Wayne as the lead.

[–] vicemature787 15 years ago

Tavernier says in the interview with him on the Criterion DVD that Noiret insisted on having a dark pink shirt like the one worn by - and this is stated specifically - Dean Martin's character in "Rio Bravo." The original submitter of that piece of trivia must have been mistaken.

[–] AssetsonFire 12 years ago

But that's just as odd, as it's Wayne's character that wears the pink shirt in RB.

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[–] letess 10 years ago

It's not a shirt but the undershirt. And it's Dean Martin.

[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

it is odd.

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