I think the story goes that Christian Nyby was Howard Hawks editor, & Hawks did him a favour by sort of letting him direct this so he could get a directors ticket, & then he could go on & direct other films. Hawks wanted to make this as he knew it could be quite profitable, but he was a big Hollywood director & didn't want his name on the credits as director of a small cheap SF/horror film. In various interviews, the cast say he was on the set the whole time calling the shots, so I think you could call it a Howard Hawks film.
I want a decent Rio Bravo, I can't watch the current Blu-ray. The b/w western, The Big Sky & the epic Land Of The Pharaohs, both would be from Warner Archive.
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