Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of Paderborn (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: How the West was won - American Western, language: English, abstract: Rio Bravo was made because I didnt like a picture called High Noon (McBride 130). This is one of Howard Hawks comments on his movie Rio Bravo, which he directed and produced in 1959. In this essay, I will describe the main features of Rio Bravo, deliver a possible interpretation of the characters and finally point out some of the main differences and similarities between Rio Bravo and High Noon.