Wende Wagner was 23 years old when she got the role of an Indian maiden in the 1964 western Rio Conchos. Wagner dabbled in acting for several years, married and divorced Robert Mitchum's son James and made her last big screen appearance in Guns of the Magnificent Seven in 1969. Oh, her measurements came in at 36-22-35 - not that we took any notice.
Football superstar Jim Brown made his screen debut co-starring with Wende Wagner, Stuart Whitman, Richard Boone and Tony Franciosa in Rio Conchos. Did you know the film was a semi-remake of the 1961 John Wayne western The Comancheros, which also starred Whitman? For our tribute to Jim Brown ("The First Black Action Hero") see Cinema Retro issue #4. For full coverage of Rio Conchos, see Nicholas Anez' extensive article in Cinema Retro issue #20.