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Rio Grande is a 1950 Western film. It is the third installment of John Ford's "cavalry trilogy," following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).
John Wayne stars in all three films, as Captain Kirby York in Fort Apache, then as Captain of Cavalry Nathan Cutting Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and finally as a promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke in Rio Grande (scripts and production billing spell the York/Yorke character's last name differently in Fort Apache and Rio Grande).
The film is based on a short story "Mission With No Record" by James Warner Bellah, that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on September 27, 1947, and the screenplay was written by James Kevin McGuinness.
Ford wanted to make The Quiet Man first, but Republic Pictures studio president Herbert Yates insisted that Ford make Rio Grande first, using the same combination of Wayne and Maureen O'Hara; Yates did not feel that the script of The Quiet Man was very good, and wanted Rio Grande to be released first to pay for The Quiet Man. To Yates's surprise The Quiet Man, on its eventual release in 1952, would become Republic's number one film in terms of box office receipts.[citation needed]
Actors: Lee Demarbre (director), Lee Demarbre (editor), Lee Demarbre (producer), Ian Driscoll (actor), Ian Driscoll (producer), Ian Driscoll (writer), Ian Driscoll (actor), Josh Grace (actor), Josh Grace (actor), Phil Caracas (actor), Josh Grace (composer), Graham Collins (composer), Nancy Riehle (actress), Jeff Moffet (actor), Jacob Richardson (actor),
Plot: Harry Knuckles (code name Spanish Fly) must stop his nemesis who has kidnapped his daughter and poisoned her. Harry and his partner, Santo must find the serum that can save her and stop the ancient Aztec Mummy and it's evil zombies that pursue.
Keywords: aztec-indian, character-name-in-title, cyborg, decapitation, kidnapping, kidnapping, kung-fu, mummy, poison, serumRio Grande
The crisis of 2006 hit me so bad
Lost my house, lost my wife
Found myself on the street in Colorado
Found myself by the Rio Grande
The night came, I got some fear in me
Made a fire to warm my soul
Then I started to jump like going crazy
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Hop and jump by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
My heart was happy
I conquered my fear
I felt free by the Rio Grande
Dancing with my shadow by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
My soul felt free, my heart happy
I really felt free by the Rio Grande
Hop here and there by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
I danced all night long, danced and danced,
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Swinging my hips, twitch my legs
Check my legs, bend my knees
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along one, two, three,
Dancing along un, deux, trois
Un, deux, trois, un, deux, trois
One, two, three
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along by the Rio Grande
Dancing along one, two, three
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