Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

George Plimpton

Narrator

Age : 76 | Popularity : 5%

Jack Elam

Self

Age : 82 | Popularity : 14%

Victor French

Self

Age : 54 | Popularity : 6%

Howard Hawks

Self

Age : 81 | Popularity : 9%

David Huddleston

Self

Age : 85 | Popularity : 10%

Joe Namath

Self

Age : 80 | Popularity : 7%

John Wayne

Self

Age : 72 | Popularity : 23%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Walter Scharf
	Sound	Richard Wagner
Editing	Editor	Robert K. Lambert
Camera	Director of Photography	Michael D. Margulies Jules Brenner
Directing	Director	William Kronick
Production	Producer	William Kronick
Writing	Writer	William Kronick George Plimpton
Department	Role	Name

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