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Version of
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Remade as
El Dorado (1966)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Edited into
La classe américaine (1993) (TV)
References
Underworld (1927)
 -  Both films have shady leading ladies named Feathers, as well as scenes where the villain throws money into a spittoon to see if the drunken sidekick will fish it out. (Howard Hawks was involved with both films.)
Referenced in
Le mépris (1963)
I Call First (1967)
 -  still frames and poster seen outside theater
C'era una volta il West (1968)
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Disco Fever (1978/I)
 -  The title is mentioned.
Coup de torchon (1981)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Dead End (1985)
 -  Mention of John Wayne in Rio Bravo
Frantic (1988)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
True Romance (1993)
 -  Mentioned in Clarence's "That's a Movie" speech.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
 -  Butch insisting Zed pick up his gun is taken directly from a scene in 'Rio Bravo'.
Natural Born Killers (1994)
 -  Mickey Knox says "Lets make some music Colorado."
"The Charlie Rose Show: Quentin Tarantino" (1994)
 -  Is mentioned as one of Quentin's three favorite movies of all time.
Get Shorty (1995)
The Negotiator (1998)
"E! True Hollywood Story: Dean Martin" (1999)
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000) (TV)
 -  briefly mentionned
"RoboCop: Prime Directives" (2000)
"Daria: Camp Fear (#5.4)" (2001)
 -  Jake mentions this movie as part of his John Wayne coin collection
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
"Angel: Dad (#3.10)" (2001)
 -  Wesley imagines himself as John Wayne in Rio Bravo.
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
 -  mentioned in documentary
Bad Eggs (2003)
Hoodlum & Son (2003)
Ouaga saga (2004)
 -  The local cinema shows the movie and the characters talk about the movie
"Psych: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead (#1.11)" (2007)
 -  Henry mentions it to Shawn.
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
 -  A poster of this film is seen in Kaurismäki's segment.
Death Proof (2007)
 -  This film's theme is one of the records in the jukebox.
"Neues aus der Anstalt: Terror (#1.7)" (2007)
 -  Josef Hader talks about this movie.
Featured in
"Tatort: Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße (#1.25)" (1973)
The Shootist (1976)
Precious Images (1986)
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Amerikai filmtípusok - A western (#1.8)" (1989)
The John Wayne Anthology (1991) (TV)
Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian (1991)
 -  At one point the main character is at the movies with his friends. Although you can't see the film, the soundtrack makes it clear that they are watching the shootout near the end of Rio Bravo where they rescue Dude. A Brighter Summer Day takes place in 1960, making Rio Bravo a film these characters could historically have seen.
Get Shorty (1995)
"Biography: Angie Dickinson: Tinseltown's Classiest Broad" (1999)
 -  clip shown
"The Sopranos: For All Debts Public and Private (#4.1)" (2002)
 -  Tony watches the movie on TV
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008) (V)
 -  clips shown
Spoofed in
Un dollaro di fifa (1960)
Blazing Saddles (1974)

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