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Ride the High Country (1962)

NR06/20/1962Western1h 34m
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Showdown in the High Sierra!

Overview

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Randolph Scott

    Gil Westrum

  2. Cast 1

    Joel McCrea

    Steve Judd

  3. Cast 1

    Mariette Hartley

    Elsa Knudsen

  4. Cast 1

    Ron Starr

    Heck Longtree

  5. Cast 1

    Edgar Buchanan

    Judge Tolliver

  6. Cast 1

    R.G. Armstrong

    Joshua Knudsen

  7. Cast 1

    Jenie Jackson

    Kate

  8. Cast 1

    James Drury

    Billy Hammond

  9. Cast 1

    L.Q. Jones

    Sylvus Hammond

Revisonist splendour as Peckinpah starts his thematic obsession. "All I want is to Enter My House Justified" Sam Peckinpah's second feature film is today standing up as a must see and must own for those interested in the Western genre. The film sees ageing lawman Steve Judd land a job of escorting a gold shipment safely to a bank in Hornitos. After running into old friend, and fellow aged lawman Gil Westrun, he hires both he and his young sparky sidekick Heck Longtree to hopefully see the job through to a successful conclusion. Yet Gil has other ideas, for where Steve is upstanding an...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$813,000.00

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