Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

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.

Full Cast of Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

David Huddleston as Self

David Huddleston

as Self

David Huddleston (1930-2016) was an American actor, best known for his roles in Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Mov...

Joe Namath as Self

Joe Namath

as Self

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph William "Joe" Namath  (born May 31, 1943), nicknamed "Broadway Joe" o...

George Plimpton as Narrator

George Plimpton

as Narrator

George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor...