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 didn’t 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.