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Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

Dec 9, 1970 · 50m
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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.

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CAST

George Plimpton
Narrator
Jack Elam
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Victor French
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Howard Hawks
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David Huddleston
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Joe Namath
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John Wayne
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Directed by William Kronick

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
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Production
ABC
Country
US
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