| Rio Conchos | |
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Written by | Joseph Landon Clair Huffaker (novel) |
| Produced by | David Weisbart |
| Starring | Richard Boone Stuart Whitman Tony Franciosa Edmond O'Brien Jim Brown |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Joseph Silver |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,500,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
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.[2]
On June 21, 2011, Shout! Factory released the film on DVD as part of a double feature with Take a Hard Ride (1975).[3]
- ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.
- ^ Clemmensen, Christian. Rio Conchos soundtrack review at Filmtracks.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^ "DVD Talk".