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Which actors played the romantic leads in Only Angels Have Wings?

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Howard Hawks stands at right, speaking with actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in cowboy costumes on the set of the western film Rio Bravo. — Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (right) directing (from left to right) John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (1959).

In the 1939 film Only Angels Have Wings, the romantic leads are played by Cary Grant and Jean Arthur.1