Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 9, 1970
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• William Kronick

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo — Cast

George Plimpton Narrator Jack Elam Self Victor French Self Howard Hawks Self David Huddleston Self Joe Namath Self John Wayne Self