Wayne as Rio Lobo's McNally and as the titular Hondo from the 1953 Western of the same name.
John Wayne's Rio Lobo contains a fun easter egg callback to an underrated 1953 Western - even though its implications are reality-shaking. John Wayne fronted around 80 Westerns in his career and was very happily typecast as a cowboy. That said, he largely avoided sequels throughout his 50-year career, with the unofficial Rio Bravo trilogy being one of his rare franchises.
Related "That Damn Piece Of Junk" The Director Of John Wayne's Final Rio Bravo Movie Blamed The Movie's Failure On Its Cast The director of the final Rio Bravo movie hated the final product and had no problem blaming John Wayne and his other actors for its failure. ✕ Remove Ads Hondo involved Wayne's Army dispatch rider becoming involved with a homesteading family and features one of the star's more understated performances. The film meant a lot to Wayne too, since it was one of the first movies produced via production company Batjac, and he was heavily involved in producing it. While John Farrow was credited as the only director, John Ford did uncredited work on Hondo when Farrow had to exit the Western before it wrapped.
✕ Remove Ads The Hondo easter egg also suggests that Lane lived an exciting life before the events of the 1953 film. Since Rio Lobo is set towards the end of the Civil War in 1865 and Hondo takes place in 1870, it appears he had troubles with the law before his time in the Army. Of course, the wanted poster was intended as a throwaway sight gag, and it's doubtful anybody involved with the film thought about it all that deeply about its implications.
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