Rio Conchos (1964)

A former Confederate officer and a Mexican try to prevent a former Confederate colonel from selling stolen rifles to renegade Apaches in Mexico.

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Joseph Landon (screenplay), Clair Huffaker (screenplay)

Stars:

Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Franciosa

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard Boone	...	Lassiter
Stuart Whitman	...	Capt. Haven
Anthony Franciosa	...	Rodriguez (as Tony Franciosa)
Wende Wagner	...	Sally
Warner Anderson	...	Col.Wagner
Jim Brown	...	Franklyn
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Bloodshirt
Barry Kelley	...	Croupier
Vito Scotti	...	Bandit
House Peters Jr.	...	Pardee Officer
Kevin Hagen	...	Blondebeard
Edmond O'Brien	...	'Pardee' / Pardee

Storyline

Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.

---

Plot Keywords:

mexican | apache | indian war | native american tribe | commando mission | 

---

Taglines:

Four men stalking the Apache nation...on a mission that could drench the whole Southwest in blood and flames!

---

Genres:

Action | Drama | War | Western

---

Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

1964 (UK)

Also Known As:

Рио Кончос

Filming Locations:

Monument Valley, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Plot is very similar to The Comancheros (1961), another Fox movie that also starred Stuart Whitman.

---

Goofs

The Indian girl has pale white legs and it is clear to see that she is not a Native American.

---

Quotes

Bloodshirt: With new guns, Apache will kill, kill, kill, and white eye never forget what he get from apache, all his blood from wife and child to remind him.

---

Connections

Featured in Jim Brown: All American (2002)

User Reviews

A good horse-opera

The western was still a going commercial concern when Gordon Douglas made this decent example of the genre in 1964. 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'. Douglas was no auteur but a good jobbing director, professional enough to tell a good yarn. There is nothing terribly original about this yarn, (it's really a rehash of "The Commancheros"), as potential enemies Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Tony Franciosa and Jim Borwn join forces to find a shipment of rifles stolen by the Indians. There is plenty of sage-brush and desert in the action sequences providing the requisite pleasures we associate with a good horse-opera, even if this one turns surprisingly cynical and bitter. There is a scenery-chewing supporting turn from Edmond O'Brien and Tony Franciosa enjoys himself as a Mexican Lothario whose way with a knife comes in very handy. And Jerry Goldsmith's score is first-rate.