Angie Dickinson on ‘Rio Bravo’ and Working with Howard Hawks | TCMFF 2023

At the opening night of the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival, Angie Dickinson talks about ‘Rio Bravo’, working with Howard Hawks, starring opposite John Wayne and Dean Martin, and more.
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[@donmcgregor4455]

91. And Angie still knows how to charm men. She's just terrific!

[@HaveAniceDay2450]

GILF

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Lady is in her 90's - amazing energy and clarity.

[@bigguy43055]

That entire interview just made my heart smile! Angie has always been and will always be an absolute treasure! An absolutely stunning beauty and one of the guys at the same time! That ornary twinkle is still there in her eyes!

[@rivaridge7211]

Wow, Angie looks great for being past 90! She has had some awful jolts in the last years, losing her daughter to suicide has to be the worst of them. Bless her strong heart and cheerful nature!

[@yvonneplant9434]

Kim Novak and Eva Marie Saint are still with us too!

[@sgraham1hotmailcom]

@@yvonneplant9434 I was going to say Tuesday Weld, but she's not even 80!

[@robertcuratolo5339]

🙂 She speaks really well for her age this was amazing interview.

[@a.a.a.8365]

She sure does 🥰

[@andymckane7271]

Angie Dickinson is still one-of-a-kind. Delighted to hear that she listens to Frank Sinatra "all day" on Siri. Every night I have Siri play Frank and Nat---and this is how I quietly go to sleep at night. Angie's role in Rio Bravo was and shall always be a wonderful joy to watch.

[@Zee-et4rd]

Rio Bravo 👏 every actor was perfectly cast. Angie is a sweetheart with a quick wit sense of humor. Lovely interview.

[@eltonyancey6426]

One of my favorite movies. Great cast.

[@michaelmakes1225]

Rick Nelson was terrible!

[@jessiem276]

​@@michaelmakes1225 I like Ricky Nelson in it, and I loved it when he & Dean sang together.

[@DERISNER]

I fell madly in love with Angie after watching Rio Bravo. She was just magnificent in that role as Feathers

[@RyanHLee-nc7hg]

She's such a wonderful woman. I wrote her a fan letter a few weeks ago and hope to hear back from her soon.

[@louiserowland9940]

I hope you get a reply to I wrote to one of the guys in the UK show midsummer murders .Got a reply 8 months later.Good luck with it all mate.

[@cadaverdog1424]

I’m sure she chucked it in the trash😂😂😂😂😂

[@louiserowland9940]

@@cadaverdog1424 .You don't know that some write back .Cindy Williams did Garry Marshall did don't tell people they don't.Not everyone is so up themselves they won't do it.

[@louiserowland9940]

@@cadaverdog1424 👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@secondsightcinema3957]

@@louiserowland9940 trolls gonna troll…

[@JoeLupariello]

This is a really lovely interview. The Sinatra reveal was very surprising and touching.

[@azohundred1353]

Angie Dickinson is the best! Beautiful woman, inside and out. Thank you so much for the interview and especially Ben Mankiewicz for always giving Angie the respect and recognition she deserves. Her performance in Rio Bravo is fantastic, and Angie is the quintessential Hawksian Woman, she meshed perfectly with the legendary John Wayne in the movie. Love to hear her talk about the legends she worked with and knew, Duke and Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra. Angie has had a wonderful career. Thanks again Warner Bros and The Film Foundation for doing a restoration of Rio Bravo. One of the best Westerns ever made, one of the great John Wayne's best movies and one of the greatest movies ever made period. We all appreciate that TCM keeps these classics circulated and remembered!

[@cadaverdog1424]

So terrible-looking she is unrecognizable 😢😢😢

[@secondsightcinema3957]

I’m still sad at not having been at this years festival, this movie and Angie were one of my big wants…but the restoration looks great even on TV. And great seeing her here. Isn’t she something?

[@beevee4445]

Angie Dickinson - John Wayne - Dean Martin - (and many more) - What a time!!

[@toddcrepeault]

This is great! Always loved her in Police Woman and Hollywood Wives. She's doing very well for 91. I saw the red carpet arrivals on youtube and was very disappointed the way the photographers were yelling to have her turn at different angles. I realize they wanted some good shots but she is 91 for crying out loud!

[@akrenwinkle]

When they stop yelling at you is when you're really finished, forgotten, done. Also, many photographers want bad shots to accompany those tiresome "tragic last days of" stories.

[@sandib4234]

Looks great!

[@gnorville5764]

She still looks gorgeous. She was fantastic in her leading role in "Police Woman." As a young girl I was fascinated to see a powerful police woman.

[@cynthiarogers2904]

*Around 2010, I commented to a co-worker that my adult daughter always had a major crush on FRANK SINATRA.* *She replied that her teenage daughter did as well.* *To which I responded ... "Six feet under, and he's still charming the ladies."* *The entire department roared with laughter !!!*

[@TerryWHayes]

That Almost Sounds Like Groucho Marx Would Have Said That. ~ Hmmm,... 🤔

[@davestadt49]

Still looking great at 91 ❤❤

[@duane3694]

She still is fabulous inside and out.

[@chanceotter8121]

Oh my Angie...Rio Bravo...The Killers...The Chase...Point Blank...Pretty Maids All in a Row...Big Bad Mama...Dressed to Kill...Martini & Rossi commercials. In my youth, in the '60s and '70s, she was a star, the definition of a star,: classy and tough, sexy and smart-a jewel bridging the last of the Hollywood system and the New Hollywood. I am very happy to see she is still here to receive the love from her fans.

[@waynej2608]

I've seen all of those and enjoyed them. I thought that Angie was especially impressive in The Chase as Brando's wife. An undervalued film. Imho

[@rdo1231]

Absolutely love her - what a lovely soul

[@Charlysfarm420]

What can be said about Angie that hasn't already been said. She seems so genuine. I will say, as a young kid, my brother and I looked forward every week to Police Woman. I have fond memories of he and I sneaking down to our basement where our kids tv was to watch it lol. And Rio Bravo, still one of my all time favs on TCM. I would luv to see more interviews with her. Not to change the subject thankfully you got that interview with D Bagdonivich(hope I spelled it correctly lol) shortly before his passing. Thank you so much for posting these clips. ✌️💚

[@howardweinstein1324]

What can be said about Angie ? I heard she knew JFK really well. Lucky guy!

[@Angela-xo5kh]

Police woman, yes! Pepper.

[@Chris-qg4zo]

I'm going to watch Rio bravo tonight! Great to see Angie again,brings back so many great memories.

[@stuntbrat777smith4]

ANGIE !!! God Bless you !!! I got to be your Stunt-Double on a TV film in the early 90's...."Prime Target" !!! You were soooo gorgeous and soooo Professional....Rock On, Girl !!! You are LEGEND....Huggzzzz....Love, Cherie

[@SpockvsMcCoy]

Her performance in "Dressed to Kill" is outstanding...I rewatch it all the time.

[@Jeckxdeel]

DRESSED TO KILL is wonderful anyway! One of the best thrillers/crime movies all times combined in my opinion. And of course also one of my favorites all genres/times combined.

[@OhTheRiverWasDeep.]

Yes I love Dressed To Kill because it really had you. It is a great thriller and Angie Dickinson was incredible in it!

[@Jeckxdeel]

@@OhTheRiverWasDeep. Absolutely agree with that. That just confirms my previous comment.

[@stevensilverstein9897]

Always, always one of the nicest people in show business. You can see aging is catching up to her. But she still has personality and genuine warmth. Wish the interview was longer.

[@helengold9098]

What a great voice she's always had!! Never realized she has such a fun personality!

[@sharpshooter6635]

Wonderful actress! So glad for this interview and glad she is still with us!

[@hiyahandsome]

She looks fantastic and sounds wonderful, what a treat to hear her talk about her film career.

[@January.]

I'm wishing Angie MANY, MANY years of good health and happiness.

[@ronevans3663]

Angie, his one wonderful woman. I have admired her for years. Love her movies.

[@cherylb2008]

She is so sharp interviewing, and she was always articulate in interviews. Very much in control of her career

[@chrisyates8115]

He's? Painful

[@donnawest866]

It’s just great to see Angie Dickinson looking so lovely and happy! I thought she was a wonderful actor but she was also always such a terrific guest on talk shows too! Love her!

[@GGiblet]

Absolute icon. We just love Angie so much!! Thank you for this💕

[@lynnhuddleston3199]

Angie Dickinson is one of my favorite actresses! ❤

[@grahamhill6340]

ANGIE DICKINSON, such a wonderful classy lady who I had the pleasure to meet and... even get a kiss from! It was in 2004, and she was guesting on our show JUDGING AMY, we were on location at a department store at the Northridge Mall in LA, I was a member of the crew and studio historian for 20th Century-Fox, and not being shy I went up to her and said the words TENNESSSEE'S PARTNER, which was of her very first screen appearances where she played a saloon girl in an RKO western... She was so taken back by my knowing that, she gave me that kiss right in front of the crew and with the AD trying to wave me off... but we did have some memorable words despite briefly holding up her scene. But as most fans already know and love about ANGIE DICKINSON, is that she is a very down-to-earth actress who has weathered so much tragedy in her life and all the while kept her dignity and spirit... She graduated from the same High School in Burbank as my daughter. As for RIO BRAVO, Howard Hawks was always attracted to strong willed women and cast them in his movies, Katherine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Joanne Dru... and Angie is certainly that, as well evidenced in her refusing to be ambushed for a THIS IS YOUR LIFE show where her life was the subject. Angie is not one to gossip about romances, that's one of the very things that makes her so classy! Of course she is most famous for POLICE WOMAN, which as she freely admits was both a type-casting and very much under-paid mistake. Let's face it, for Turner CLASSIC Movies they're sadly running out of classic and iconic people to interview, people with long iconic careers like our ANGIE DICKINSON!

[@dennismccallister3994]

Totally enjoy these two people, I hope Angie is doing well....straight forwrd and willing to share almost everything of Hollywood.

[@averagejo16]

It's nice to see her doing well at this time in her life. She's had too much heart ache.

[@MTknitter22]

Sure do miss Robert Osborne. This fellow does as well as ANYONE could having to follow such a class act! Good job he does!!! Great interview!!

[@spnkysy791]

Robert Osborne was a great man..very good at his job.

[@waynej2608]

I miss him too. But Ben Mankowitz does a damn good job. Osborne would approve. Great to see and hear Angie Dickenson!

[@dr.n.]

Robert Osborne was the best host ever. BUT he would definitely approve of Ben as TCM host. Keep up the excellent work Ben. You make us proud👍

[@tiggersboy]

Robert Osborne was a master interviewer. I particularly remember how kind he was to a clearly scared Betty Hutton. I miss the early days of TCM when Robert Osborne was the sole host and they basically filled their entire schedule with films and short subjects. The days before wine clubs and cruises. I have nothing against any of the 5 hosts separately, but those ads of them together apple polishing each other’s knowledge of films is too much.

[@ginnylorenz5265]

What a lovely and very interesting lady. And what a pleasure to watch her be interviewed with such respect, gentleness, affection and appreciation.

[@nathans3241]

I met Angie Dickinson in 1978 when I worked for a makeup supplier in the San Fernando Valley (North Los Angeles suburb). My boss told me to meet Angie Dickinson at a house to deliver the beauty supplies she ordered and take her payment. She came driving a red convertible sports car, her hair wet and with a big smile on her face. She was so sweet and down to earth. When I would see her on The Tonight Show, she was always smiling and laughing during conversation. She was that way when I met her. I used to think she wasn't all that good looking but in person, WOW! She was radiant and very attractive.

[@camsmith336]

This just makes me want to give Angie a big bear hug for being such a sweet kind wonderful beautiful women then and now.... Thank you thank you Angie for giving us guys true pleasure and for years to come. Big Hugs to you.

[@rosiebaccala9222]

Love Angie Dickinson!! She’s my favorite actress 💛

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello 👋how're you doing?

[@carollucci]

I just love listening to interviews with these “true” Hollywood movie stars. Their stories are so interesting and real. Angie was great in all she did. Also, I loved watching her on the Johnny Carson show.

[@oyemendigo7344]

I was in my early teens living in Pacoima ca. She was filming a episode of Police Woman. Angie was really nice to us, she talked to us for a few minutes while waiting for her scene to be set up.

[@BellaFirenze]

Lovely Angie Dickinson is 91 years old. I loved her in Dressed to Kill (1980 film). She is a registed Democrat. Bless her and may she have many more years gracing the universe.

[@WindsofLyssa]

Rio Bravo is my very favourite western. I've got it recorded but if TCM shows it, I'm watching, every time. Love Feathers! Love Angie!

[@ModGirl-nu1xk]

I just stumbled across this and I am glad I watched it. She is a true gem.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Angie/Rio Bravo… the most beautiful woman ever. Loved her in anything she did ❤ I love how lucid she still is…amazing!

[@billvegas8146]

I was a kid when I first watched that movie. I didn't understand what she was doing to me but I do now.

[@billybrown7953]

LOL

[@stevenmorley1639]

Nice to see Angie in real-time. She's still got the X factor , classy lady.....

[@sugarcookiecube]

Love you Angie!❤ A living legend.❤

[@larryau3138]

Such a fantastic lady. I remember the first movie I saw her in. She just melted my then 16 year old heart. So nice to know the nice lady is still getting on so well.

[@charold3]

Ben a tremendous interviewer, sympathetic, well-informed and smart. I’m happy Angie still around to give us a glimpse of Hawks, Duke, Frank, etc. Beautiful woman, still.

[@beverlylawyer2286]

Turned on You Tube, clicked on this interview first thing, Thank You

[@sandraanderson9544]

Loved this interview. Ben is so sweet and loved seeing Angie.

[@jv-ep2tc]

She will probably never tell but I would love to hear some of her more outrageous true stories of "old" Hollywood.

[@cmcb09]

She’ll take those to the grave probably; years ago, she got an excellent offer to write a tell-all, and she declined it.

[@mona2242]

@@cmcb09 she probably knows too much .

[@cmcb09]

@@mona2242 Probably that, and she isn't a gossip.

[@darrensmall5548]

Fascinating stories and memories from an actress of the golden days of Hollywood. Angie Dickinson is a Legend of the silver screen and will always be one of the most gifted and beloved actresses of her generation. Much love and respect to Miss Dickinson. xx

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Maybe it's her North Dakota roots, but Angie Dickinson conveyed competence as well as glamour. Hawks loved a woman who could pull a trigger, wring a chicken's neck or take life's hard knocks without complaint.

[@BristolGreener]

I like that men and women both admire Angie! I’m a forever fan!! Just rewatched the tv movie “a Sensitive Passionate Man” with David Jansen and I cried and cried. Something about it just hit me in the heart. She can be underestimated in her talent.

[@susanwest2522]

Angie is such a gift! So lovely still! And See's Candies was lucky to get a shout out from Hollywood royalty! ❤

[@johnflynn9619]

Angie is Magnificent. I Loved Policewoman. That was her Best. Dressed to Kill was a Wonderful Performance.

[@mikehill9888]

Thank you for the memories

[@veronicakerr4920]

It's nice to see her looking so good, a long well lived life is her blessing, makes us feel we can do the same.

[@jeh500]

Just thank you for this. Angie is such a treasure - loved by everybody for all the right reasons.

[@srigging]

Forever remembered and always beautiful ❤🙏👏👏

[@tomloft2000]

It might shock you knowing the number of famous people that are over 90 years of age. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman,Robert Duvall, Angie Dickinson, Dabney Coleman, Carol Burnett( in about 1 week), probably many more.

[@PeterG1975]

Ellen Bursytn, Mel Brooks, Dick van Dyke, Michael Caine, Lee Grant, Robert Wagner also came to mind.

[@tomloft2000]

@@PeterG1975 I thought of Robert Wagner after I posted this, and also Joanne Woodward.

[@tinamagnuson9656]

She looks awesome!! So natural. How refreshing!

[@arthurcharlesharrison1361]

What a treat that film is.. all the elements that are the sum of that film.. beautifully balanced.. heroes villans singing drama.. Angie you bombshell!

[@mypphh97]

I saw her in person once at the Hollywood Christmas parade back in 1981 if memory doesn’t fail me. She probably was 50. Beautiful woman.

[@michaelkilbride2927]

I watched police woman as teenager I fell in love what a lovely woman may god be good to her

[@charrmmee]

Watched Rio Bravo today on TCM. Always loved Angie. So beautiful, real and very funny. Sharp as a tack and as beautiful as ever.

[@dallisb1047]

Rio Bravo is one of my favorite movies. I am a big fan of Dino, Duke, Dickinson, Nelson and Walter Brennan. This movie was made 8 years before I was born. At home in Indy channel 4 used to show old movies when I was little. I have loved this one for most of my 56 years. My Rifle My Pony and Me!

[@nothalfassgarage]

Gone are the days of these legends and how special they really were.

[@vegasdano7569]

She worked with the legendary ones. Angie 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Scorchy666]

It breaks my heart that she regrets doing Police Woman. She was utterly ionic in that role as well.

[@andygreen1a]

She was fantastic in that role. Looked amazing as she was in her 40’s then. Now at 91, she still looks good. This is an interesting interview, I just wish it was longer, she’s fascinating. What a genuinely lovely lady.

[@tek6423]

Ionic, bionic, iconic….who knows. Pretty healthy looking 91 year old.

[@kindspirit7]

totally agree and her face barely has any signs of aging at all. It is amazing to think that after Police Woman she was offered the role of Krystle Carrington on Dynasty but turned it down as did not want to endure long days of shooting scenes after Police woman tooks its toll on her. Sometimes I imagine her catfights with Alexis and think it would have been much more brutal than those with Linda Evans in the role lol.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Loved Police woman

[@minkyfran8307]

Actors are snobs , it was TV show in a time TV wasn’t considered as artistic as cinema , many stars just did TV for the money , it’s a pity she can’t look back and be proud of that role

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

She starred opposite Gregory Peck in "Captain Newman MD", one of her best performances.

[@carolynmurphy3292]

Wow! I love seeing Ms. Dickinson looking beautiful and natural at 91!

[@georgejetson3702]

Jessica (1962) - Angie riding that Vespa gave me an appreciation for the color yellow that continues to this day. 🙂

[@garytibbs4196]

BTW in the novelization of the movie the name of "Feathers" is given as Felicity Slater. Colorado was Jim Ryan, Dude was Dude Walton and Stumpy was Stumpy Anderson.

[@skcyclist]

Great interview, admire that woman very much. Surprised but not dismayed to hear about the relationship with Frank Sinatra.

[@Benjorunner]

She is amazing at 91!, so much classy style. And so well spoken, you just got to love her!

[@eileenmacdougall8945]

People told me often my Mother was a beautiful woman. My older sister looks a lot like her, and they both to me looked like Angie Dickinson. She's such a class act. God bless her.

[@spockboy]

7 minutes is "way over"? MORE ANGIE!

[@peace-yv4qd]

I had the opportunity to get onto the Warners Bros studios lot back in the 70's and one of the sets I visited was Police Women. Angie Dickenson and Earl Holliman were working there that day. Also visited The Waltons set that day and stood about in back of the cameras as the Waltons cast did a scene at the dinner table.

[@louisp2502]

I wasn’t born when she made movies like Rio Bravo, in fact I mainly know her from her tv show Police Woman but I’ve watched some of her other works and she is a truly amazing performer. Angie seems like a really nice down to earth person who pulls no punches, tells it like it is.

[@walksthesehills]

She is an absolute treasure.

[@wesmcgee1648]

Earl Holliman is still alive as well, and is past 90.

[@cynthiarogers2904]

. *ANGIE DICKINSON IS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND ACTRESS.* . *WE APPLAUD YOU, MS. DICKINSON !!!* . - A SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE AND '60s AND '70s HIPPIE

[@gregshock]

Rio Bravo,.. One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@retromoviefan944]

wow she is a real survivor...to be 90 and be anywhere or doing anything is beyond amazing. Some of these wonderful performers stay sharp and energetic because they love what they do and it keeps them youthful , even with challenges and problems in their lives. Great to see her still giving interviews and insight into these productions.

[@jeanineruby]

oh she was so beautiful in her youth

[@daskritterhaus5491]

Angie was/is as tough as she was/is really good looking

[@Angela-xo5kh]

The interviewer was really good with Angie, kind and gentle and sweet. Love Angie Dickinson!

[@fufu889]

She is so great! Still oozes charisma! I just love her!

[@usaveteran-retired6464]

A Legend, and a sweet lady, too. Much class...

[@my56chevy]

Always love Angie

[@warrenbfeagins]

Wow! I know this is about Rio Bravo, but I first saw her in Police Woman when I was a kid in the early 70s. Loved her ever since. Her and Eva Marie Saint a living legends.

[@mga2899]

Elegance is timeless.

[@gynandroidhead]

She's genuine, awesome, and looks and sounds fantastic.

[@Dargyful]

What a sweetheart. Loved this interview 🥰

[@danbaranowski]

Angie Dickinson [Ocean’s 11] is one of a handful of Frank Sinatra’s co-stars/friends still alive. Others include: Star Wars 1-9/Indiana Jones 1-5/Jurassic Park 1-2/Schindler’s List/Jaws 1-2 composer John Williams [who scored Sinatra’s None But The Brave] Kim Novak [his co-star in The Man With The Golden Arm and Pal Joey] Eva Marie Saint [Sinatra presented her Oscar to her at the 27th Academy Awards in 1955] Barbara Rush [his co-star in Robin & the 7 Hoods] Mitzi Gaynor [his co-star in The Joker Is Wild] Shirley MacLaine [his co-star in Some Came Running] Liza Minnelli [sang I’ve Got the World on a String for Sinatra’s Duets album] Barbra Streisand [sang I’ve Got a Crush on You for Sinatra’s Duets album] Julio Iglesias [sang Summer Wind (originally from Strangers in the Night) for Sinatra’s Duets album] Mia Farrow [his wife from 1966-1969] Paul Anka [wrote songs like My Way (from Sinatra’s album of the same name) & Let Me Try Again (from Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back)] Godzilla franchise veteran Kenji Sahara [his co-star in None But The Brave]

[@OhTheRiverWasDeep.]

WTG Angie Dickinson, You look WONDERFUL! Beautiful eyes still and always a GREAT actress, awesome human being!

[@lauraberendson4032]

I did not recognize her picture but definitely recognize her voice. I did not realize she was that old but I haven't seen her in a long time so in my mind she is younger.