Tough grizzled Oater worthy of re-evaluation. Rio Conchos is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Joseph Landon from the Clair Huffaker novel. It stars Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Jim Brown, Tony Franciosa, Wende Wagner and Edmond O'Brien. Music is scored by Jerry Goldsmith and Joseph MacDonald is the cinematographer. Out of 20th Century Fox it's a CinemaScope production filmed in De Luxe…
Four men stalking the Apache nation...on a mission that could drench the whole Southwest in blood and flames!
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.
Top Cast
Richard Boone
Lassiter
Stuart Whitman
Capt. Haven
Anthony Franciosa
Rodriguez
Wende Wagner
Sally
Warner Anderson
Col. Wagner
Jim Brown
Franklyn
Rodolfo Acosta
Bloodshirt
Barry Kelley
Croupier
Vito Scotti
Mexican Bandit
House Peters Jr.
Pardee Officer
Kevin Hagen
Blondebeard
Edmond O'Brien
Pardee
Robert Adler
Pardee Soldier (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Cantina Patron (uncredited)
Timothy Carey
Chico (uncredited)
Roberto Contreras
Mexican at Corral (uncredited)
Reviews
***Entertaining reimagining of “The Comancheros” with Boone, Whitman, Franciosa and Brown*** Two years after the Civil War, an unlikely team of four men go on a mission to find a missing cache of Federal rifles; the trail leads to a private army of ex-Rebels and Apaches, as well as a surreal antebellum mansion built in the middle of the desert along the Rio Conchos River in Mexico. The scouting unit consists of…
I don’t suppose that you could ever describe Richard Boone as a versatile actor, but he usually made for a good character in a Western and he holds this together quite well. His “Lassiter” is a man with a past who has hooked up with “Capt. Haven” (Stuart Whitman) and the not entirely trustworthy, tequila-swilling, “Rodriguez” (Anthony Franciosa) on a quest to thwart/benefit from some gun-running to the Apache. After…
FAQ about Rio Conchos
What is Rio Conchos about?
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.
When was Rio Conchos released?
Rio Conchos was released in 1964.
What genres does Rio Conchos belong to?
Rio Conchos is categorised as Western.
Who stars in Rio Conchos?
The cast of Rio Conchos includes Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Franciosa, Wende Wagner, Warner Anderson.