Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (1970)
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.
- Date of release
- 1970-12-09
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- William Kronick
Casting
- George Plimpton — Narrator
- Jack Elam — Self
- Victor French — Self
- Howard Hawks — Self
- David Huddleston — Self
- Joe Namath — Self
- John Wayne — Self
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