Underplayed Gems

Rio Conchos (1964)

Rio Conchos poster
Directed by
Gordon Douglas
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A former Confederate officer leads a small group into Mexico to stop a renegade army officer from selling stolen rifles to Apaches. The mission takes them through dangerous desert territory where trust is scarce and violence is always close.

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What happens

Rio Conchos is a 1964 American Cinemascope Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Franciosa, Edmond O'Brien, and in his motion picture debut, Jim Brown, based on Clair Huffaker's novel "Guns of Rio Conchos" published in 1958. Huffaker's novel is reminiscent of the John Wayne films The Comancheros (for which Huffaker co-wrote the screenplay) and The Searchers. The main female role, played by Wende Wagner in a black wig, has no English dialogue. Rio Conchos was filmed in Moab, Utah, though the Conchos River and most of the action of the film takes place in Mexico. Jerry Goldsmith's complete soundtrack was given a limited release on CD in January 2000 by Film Score Monthly that featured a tie-in title song by Johnny Desmond. On June 21, 2011, Shout! Factory released the film on DVD as part of a double feature with Take a Hard Ride (1975). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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