Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (1970)
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.
Director: William Kronick
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George Plimpton as Narrator |
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Jack Elam as Self |
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Victor French as Self |
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Howard Hawks as Self |
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David Huddleston as Self |
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Joe Namath as Self |
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John Wayne as Self |
| Directing | William Kronick | Director |
| Production | William Kronick | Producer |
| Editing | Robert K. Lambert | Editor |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Sound |
| Sound | Walter Scharf | Music |
| Camera | Jules Brenner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michael D. Margulies | Director of Photography |
| Writing | George Plimpton | Co-Writer |
| Writing | William Kronick | Co-Writer |
