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Rio Lobo: John Wayne ‘completely exhausted’ and director ‘punched me’ claimed leading lady

John Wayne was left teary-eyed by the cast and crew of Rio Lobo in how they paid tribute to him after he won his Best Actor Oscar for True Grit during production.

John Wayne had already remade 1959’s Rio Bravo, a film about a sheriff defending his office from outlaws, in 1966’s El Dorado. Yet Howard Hawks, who directed both of those films, wanted to make it a third time in 1970’s Rio Lobo. When the filmmaker first approached Duke about the idea, the Hollywood star replied: “Do I get to play the drunk this time?”

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