How this movie gets an average rating of 7 is totally beyond me. The writing is so ludicrous it's not surprising John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara "phoned in" their performances. The otherwise brilliant director, John Ford, didn't seem to know whether he wanted to make a comedy, a western, or a musical. I'm a huge fan of the "Sons of the Pioneers", but they are badly miss-used in this movie, to the point where their musical interludes become laughable. Over all, the continuity was atrocious, and character development non-existent (with the possible exception of the actor playing John Wayne's son, (Claude Jarman Jr.). This is a highly overrated movie!
Review of Rio Grande
