The Ride Back (1957)

NR04/28/1957Western1h 19m
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It Rides a Trail NO Western Ever Rode Before!

Overview

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anthony Quinn

    Bob Callen

  2. Cast 1

    William Conrad

    Sheriff Chris Hamish

  3. Cast 1

    Lita Milan

    Elena

  4. Cast 1

    Victor Millan

    Father Ignatius

  5. Jorge Treviño

    Border Guard

  6. Ellen Hope Monroe

    Little girl

  7. Joe Dominguez

    Luis

  8. Louis Towers

    Boy

_**A hidden Western Gem**_ "The Ride Back" is a B&W Western from 1957 starring William Conrad (aka "Cannon") as a hard-luck Texas lawman sent to Mexico to bring back a charismatic man wanted for murder, played by Anthony Quinn. Plot-wise, the film is reminiscent of another B&W 1957 Western, "3:10 to Yuma," but "The Ride Back" was released about 4 months prior to "3:10" and was adapted from a "Gunsmoke" radio program episode. Conrad played Matt Dillon on the radio show in the 50s and early 60s but was too short and portly for the TV version that premiered in 1955 with James Arness starrin...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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