Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Watch Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Type: Movie Category: DocumentaryYear: 1970Details
George Plimpton got a job playing one of the bad guys in the Howard Hawks-directed John Wayne Western "Rio Lobo." In this special we see him talking to Hawks about whether he'll be killed off or not, to Wayne about how to cultivate a special walk to make oneself a star in movies and to himself as he attempts to rehearse his tiny part and while doing so is caught in the frame of a setup for another scene and chastised by Wayne. Wayne calls Plimpton "Pimpleton" throughout this special.
- Genres: Documentary
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Cast & Crew
- Cast:George Plimpton , Jack Elam , Victor French , Howard Hawks , David Huddleston , Joe Namath , John Wayne
- Director: William Kronick
