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Ride the High Country

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Ride the High Country
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NR,1hr 33min
Genres:
Western,Drama
Release:
1962
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley  ...more
Synopsis: This Sam Peckinpah-directed feature outing was intended as the cinematic swan song for both Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea; while McCrea would unexpectedly emerge from retirement, this 1961 western serves as an excellent valedictory for both men. The time is the early 1900s, when the Old West was slowly and stubbornly giving way to the new. McCrea plays Steve Judd, an ex-lawman living on the fringes of poverty but maintaining his dignity and honesty. Hired to escort a gold shipment from the wide-open ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Sam Peckinpah's second feature united aging Western stars Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott in a beautiful meditation on the passing of the West's heroes. Having survived into the automobile age, McCrea's ex-sheriff stoically maintains his honorable values while Scott's Wild West performer parodies himself for cash. Even as a job guarding gold puts them on opposite sides of the law, the need to safeguard ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Joel McCrea
Steve Judd
Randolph Scott
Gil Westrum
Mariette Hartley
Elsa Knudsen
Ron Starr
Heck Longtree
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