Russell also appeared in other motion pictures for Warner Bros., notably as a Sioux chieftain in Yellowstone Kelly (1959), as well as a rich, corrupt cattle rancher, Nathan Burdette, in the highly successful Howard Hawks Western Rio Bravo (1959), starring John Wayne.

Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond.

Man gets shot that hasn't got a gun, what would you call it? But, you knew that already otherwise you wouldn't have set things up the way you did. Nathan Burdette : Just what have I done? John T. Chance : You're a rich man, Burdette... big ranch, pay a lot of people to do what you want 'em to do. And you got a brother.

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most of the remaining scenes involved interactions between the characters over a prolonged, multi-day siege period, while Joe Burdette was being held in Chance's jail while his brother Nathan (John Russell) and other hired guns were there to cause trouble and plan a jail-break; the Sheriff explained to Wheeler: "I can't get Joe out or any help in.

A man called Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), the brother of the wealthy, corrupt local rancher Nathan, (John Russell) stands at the bar smiling as he watches how desperate Dude looks for a drink. He tosses a coin into the spittoon and laughs.

Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne) throws the brother of evil cattle baron, Nathan Burdette, in jail for murder (the Burdette brothers played by John Russell and Claude Akins).

Amidst the ensuing chaos, Dude's stalwart friend, rugged Sheriff John T. Chance steps in to arrest Joe for killing an innocent bystander. It is a ballsy move given Joe's brother, Nathan Burdette (John Russell) is a powerful rancher who all but owns this town.

Jul 18, 2014 · And yet, Rio Bravo is not a conservative film; rather, it does the opposite of what Hawks intended by proving to be a deftly humanist film. Sheriff Chance faces a fascist enemy, Nathan Burdette (John Russell), who expects the frontier …