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. The moab to monument valley film commission holds the title of the longest running film commission in the world. About 1 minute into this video one can see the rifle and the shells being fired and ejected on the grounddefinitely a 73. Still, any such gritty western in cinemascope is welcome, and this is interesting for the featurefilm debut of american football star jim brown, who would later. Smallest size with best quality and fast downloads at. Rio conchos is a 1964 cinemascope western starring richard boone, stuart whitman. Rio conchos was filmed in moab, utah though the conchos river and most of the action of the film takes place in mexico. Kind of like ethan edwards would in the searchers if left to his own devices. Find out when and where you can watch rio bravo on tv with the full listings schedule at. The film was considered groundbreaking as the two leads were both jewish. Download all yts rio conchos movies torrents for free in 720p, 1080p, 4k and 3d quality. Find similar and related movies for rio conchos 1964 gordon douglas on allmovie. A shootout ensues, in which mcnallys man and three other rio lobo deputies are killed, with help from cordona this makes mcnally very interested in whats going on in rio lobo, and he decides.
Dawson take a hard ride 1975 for which he starred in its followup without williamson and kelly, take another hard ride. Still, hes the marshal, and were supposed to be on his side. The moab area has been a filming location since 1949. Rio conchos 1964 richard boone, stuart whitman, anthony. I saw it as a kid when it came out at the movies and have seen it dozens of times. Watch rio conchos online stream full movie directv. 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 rifles to a band of murderous apaches. That jolt of recognition was the most interesting thing about it. Both of these films have great casts, and the connection between them is actor, jim brown, who in rio conchos 1964 made his screen debut and is the main star power along with fred williamson and jim kelly in antonio margheritis aka. What was the lever action rifle that paul newmans character john russell used in the 1967 movie hombre. Ive been catching up on films i missed and im glad i got this one. Filmed in durango, mexico, it is directed by george sherman, with narration by george fenneman.
Jerry goldsmiths 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. A former confederate officer and a mexican try to prevent a former confederate colonel from selling stolen rifles to renegade apaches in mexico. Franklyn are sent to recover them and enlist the aid of an alcoholic former confederate. Rio conchos is a story about two men who wont let go and keep seeking vengeance. Rio conchos jerry goldsmithmain theme original soundtrack. 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. Quite differently, however, boone was billed before whitman in the movie itself, with each name appearing onscreen one at a time.
Seeing that the production employed almost all of moabs 1,500 residents, local rancher george white founded the film commission to promote movie making in the area and establish a local crew base and production services. The supporting cast includes ina balin, lee marvin, nehemiah persoff, bruce cabot, jack elam, patrick wayne, and edgar buchanan. Productions filmed in utah cities and national parks. Please respect the land and location sites by staying on existing roads. Army officers, captain haven and sergeant franklyn, are transporting a. It stars richard boone, stuart whitman, jim brown, tony franciosa, wende wagner and edmond obrien. 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. The arkansas democratgazette is the largest source for award winning news and opinion that matters to you. 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. See movie sites from city slickers, comancheros, rio grande, rio conchos, smoke signals and the new disney film john carter of mars. Rio conchos unfolds in texas, shortly after the end of the civil war. The type of movie in which entertaining action takes precedence over realism.
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. Welcome to imfdb, the internet movie firearms database. Rio conchos 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Showdown at williams creek western movie, rare film, english. All movie locations are accessible with a twowheel drive vehicle. The rio conchos is the main river in the state of chihuahua and the rio grandes largest tributary. Franklyn are sent to recover them and enlist the aid of an alcoholic former confederate and indian hater, james. Trapdoor springfield rifle internet movie firearms database. 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. Rio conchos is directed by gordon douglas and adapted to screenplay by joseph landon from the clair huffaker novel. Four men set out to recover 2000 rifles stolen by a deranged exconfederate army officer. Enjoy this guide as a glimpse of moabs movie past as you tour some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.
Many of these early westerns were considered melodramatic or sentimental plots centered around the goal of maintaining law and order on the frontier. Dec 24, 2018 showdown at williams creek 1991, original title. Featuring up to the minute breaking news and the most indepth razorback, business, and. In 1949, john ford first ventured out from the iconic monument valley to film along the majestic colorado river corridor. I only saw a few blaxploitation films in my moviegoing days, and they had to include martial arts. Movie locations on private lands are included with the landowners permission. 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. Huntsman center at the university of utah, snow canyon country club, murray, st. 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.
Jan 06, 2014 douglas also directed the 1966 stagecoach remake, rio conchos, yellowstone kelly, and barquero along with more mainstream stuff like in like flint, robin and the 7 hoods, the detective and they call me mister tibbs. This film chronicles union soldiers who go undercover to find the men. Probably because it didnt star wayne, lancaster, marvin and co. Its a kind of mix between waynes the comancheros and the searchers plus the later filmed the professionals 1966. Rio conchos 1964 hd stuart whitman, richard boone youtube. Rio conchos richard boone, stuart whitman, and jim brown star in this riveting, unpredictable western shot in cinemascope and filmed in parts of arizona and moab, utah. 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. Im not sure whether burt lancaster plays the good guy or the bad guy in lawman, but maybe thats the point. It turns out the rifles are going to apaches who are. Screenwriters are joseph landon and clair huffaker who also wrote the comancheros, the war. Soundtrack is by jerry goldsmith main theme clair huffakers novel is reminiscent of both john waynes the comancheros of which. Rio conchos 1964 hd stuart whitman, richard boone supersatan666devil 1st.
From internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. Rio conchos is a film directed by gordon douglas with richard boone, stuart whitman, anthony franciosa, jim brown, year. See movie sites from city slickers, comancheros, rio grande, rio conchos, smoke. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. The service was quick and efficient and dvd was in good condition. Watch rio conchos starring stuart whitman in this western on directv. Exterior work here belies the budget afforded the film, and all told its a far better movie than the bigger produced comancheros.
These are films that carried screen and print credits for cinemascope but were photographed with panavision lenses. Drama, full length western movie, cowboy film, english, american classic feature film, buong pelikula. Big jake is a 1971 western starring john wayne in one of his last movies. Productions filmed in utah and the specific cities or locations where they were filmed related pages. Rio conchos 1964 gordon douglas cast and crew allmovie. It is one of the most important river systems in all of northern mexico. Joe dakota western movie, adventure, romance, english, classic american feature film full movies duration. 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. Note that some listings, beginning in 1958, include the term panavision. Montalban, sal mineo, dolores del rio, karl maiden. Jun 08, 2016 all three of the successful high school musical films were almost entirely shot in utah. The trapdoor springfield refers to a series of breech loading rifles developed by springfield, beginning with the springfield model 1868 chambered in.
Within a few years, of course, peckinpah, leonne and latterly clint eastwood amongst others would completely overturn the genre, giving new meaning to the term revisionist. The same type of rifles were used in rio conchos a film made 3 years prior to hombre. 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. 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. Original rio conchos 1964 movie poster in au condition. Richard boone western movies to watch free westerns tv. The type of movie i really enjoy, even though rio conchos doesnt come close to the best that 1960s action cinema has to offer. 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.
Internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and. Favorites are the dirty dozen, ice station zebra, mars attacks ack ack ack. Set before world war i, big jake is a has been gunfighter of legendary status, now a rancher getting on in years. 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. Within a few years, of course, peckinpah, leonne and latterly clint eastwood amongst others would completely overturn the.
Rio conchos was filmed in moab, utah, though the conchos river and most of the action of the film takes place in mexico. A huge shipment of rifles are stolen in texas sometime shortly following the close of the civil war. Music is scored by jerry goldsmith and joseph macdonald is the cinematographer. When a shipment of repeating rifles is stolen from the u. Rio conchos was a western i didnt see when westerns were often on tv usually bbc2. Most of these films were from mgm though a number of columbia films used the new panavision lenses for their cinemascope films. The western was still a going commercial concern when gordon douglas made this decent example of the genre in 1964. The western movie genre, among the first film genres, started being filmed during the silent film era between 1894 1929. The conchos has several reservoirs that make use of its water for agricultural and hydropower uses. Rio conchos 1964 richard boone, stuart whitman, anthony franciosa. Rio conchos is a big, tough, actionpacked slambang western with as tough a set of characters as ever rode the sage.
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