Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

50 mins | Documentary | Dec. 9, 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.

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

50 mins | Documentary | Dec. 9, 1970

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
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.
Producers ABC Studios
Original title Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Directors William Kronick
Writers George Plimpton, William Kronick

Cast

George Plimpton

as Narrator

Jack Elam

as Self

Victor French

as Self

Howard Hawks

as Self

Joe Namath

as Self

John Wayne

as Self