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Ride, Vaquero!

  • 19531953
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 30m
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6.0/10
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Ava Gardner, Robert Taylor, and Howard Keel in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.
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Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
965
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  • Director
    • John Farrow
  • Writers
    • Frank Fenton(screen play)
    • John Farrow(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Robert Taylor
    • Ava Gardner
    • Howard Keel
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  • Director
    • John Farrow
  • Writers
    • Frank Fenton(screen play)
    • John Farrow(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Robert Taylor
    • Ava Gardner
    • Howard Keel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Anthony Quinn, Ava Gardner, Robert Taylor, and Howard Keel in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Ava Gardner, Robert Taylor, and Howard Keel in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Anthony Quinn and Robert Taylor in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Ava Gardner, Kurt Kasznar, and Howard Keel in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Ted de Corsia in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Anthony Quinn, Robert Taylor, and Charlita in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Anthony Quinn, Jack Elam, and Norman Leavitt in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Anthony Quinn, Jack Elam, Ava Gardner, Robert Taylor, Ted de Corsia, and Howard Keel in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Anthony Quinn and Robert Taylor in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Robert Taylor, Percy Helton, and Howard Keel in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Anthony Quinn and Robert Taylor in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
    Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor in Ride, Vaquero! (1953)

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    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    • Rio
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Cordelia Cameron
    Howard Keel
    Howard Keel
    • King Cameron
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • José Esqueda
    Kurt Kasznar
    Kurt Kasznar
    • Father Antonio
    Ted de Corsia
    Ted de Corsia
    • Sheriff Parker
    Charlita
    • Singer
    Jack Elam
    Jack Elam
    • Barton
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Adam Smith
    Joe Dominguez
    Joe Dominguez
    • Vincente
    Frank McGrath
    Frank McGrath
    • Pete
    Charles Stevens
    Charles Stevens
    • Vaquero
    Rex Lease
    Rex Lease
    • Deputy
    Tom Greenway
    • Deputy
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Gen. Sheridan
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Berkeley
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Monte Blue
    Monte Blue
    • Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John Farrow
    • Writers
      • Frank Fenton(screen play)
      • John Farrow(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to Mia Farrow's book, "What Falls Away", her father John Farrow and Ava Gardner were having an affair during filming in 1953. Mia married Gardner's ex-husband Frank Sinatra in 1966.
    • Goofs
      When Jose throws a knife closely past Barton's head, the knife zips past Jose before his arm finishes the throwing motion. This is probably because the knife was either mechanically propelled or thrown by an off-screen expert to make the stunt safer than it would be if the actor had thrown the knife.
    • Quotes

      Jose Esqueda: Can you imagine a smile on Barton's face?

      Rio: It's the only place where a smile could be ugly.

    • Connections
      Featured in 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994)

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    Top review
    7/10
    An unusual Hollywood western with an alluring script
    Before I saw this movie, I had not heard of the director John Farrow. After some research I found that he was the father of Mia Farrow. I also found that he had good writing skills. This is apparent after you view this film closely. The lead characters are Rio (Robert Taylor) and Esqueda (Anthony Quinn) who turn out to be each others alter ego--one man slaps a woman who kisses him and the other kisses a woman before she slaps him.

    It's an unusual western because there is no hero--only a handsome troubled anti-hero. It is an unusual western in that Mexicans are not always painted as bad or stupid--it presents them as human beings. Even the 'bad' Esqueda has reverence for God's blessings. This probably is a result of Farrow's Catholicism as it is in the case when the priest gives the final blessings to the dead anti-hero (whose body is not shown, for some strange reason). An unusual way to end a film.

    Evidently Farrow espoused family values--the couple's marriage is strengthened and Rio says his adopted mother would not have approved of her son Esqueda's actions. The family bonds between Rio and Esqueda are the cornerstones of the script, with doses of Catholicism and social comments thrown in. Something tells me the film we see today is not what the director intended to show--perhaps the studios had their say. The loose editing makes one wonder what was going on.

    As far as performances, I think this is one of Quinn's finest unsung performances. Taylor is handsome and plays the dark anti-hero well--predictably dressed in dark colors. Ava Gardner's role is supposed to be heroic--dressed in white--but is it so simplistic to dismiss it as such. Is it a coincidence that she behaves differently when she wears pink?

    It is a strange and a fascinating trio--Taylor, Quinn and Gardner. Farrow had, in my view, a great chance to make a memorable film but somehow fumbled.
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    • JuguAbraham
    • Mar 15, 2002

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    • Release date
      • July 17, 1953 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Verwegene Gegner
    • Filming locations
      • Kanab, Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $1,128,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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