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Ride the High Country: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr. An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory.
- (14K)
- Drama, Western
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1962-05-09
Budget. $813,000 [1] Box office. $2 million [2] Ride the High Country (released internationally as Guns in the Afternoon) is a 1962 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Mariette Hartley. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, Warren Oates, and Ron Starr.
- $813,000
- June 20, 1962 (USA)
- Richard E. Lyons
- George Bassman
Elder Hammond. John Davis Chandler. ... Jimmy Hammond. Warren Oates. ... Henry Hammond. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Alice Allyn.
Ride the High Country balanced the more genteel and noble values of the older western with the downbeat cynicism of the modern western. This is reflected in the fact that the movie has two ...
- (195)
- Randolph Scott
- Sam Peckinpah
- Western
From acclaimed action director Sam Peckinpah ("Straw Dogs") comes this tense explosive drama about two aging gunslingers who sign on to transport gold from a...
Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesn't know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without Steve's help. On the trail, the three get involved in a young woman's ...
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May 3, 2006. Ride the High Country: The Essentials. SYNOPSIS At a traveling sideshow, former lawman Steve Judd encounters an old friend, Gil Westrum, another ex-lawman fallen on hard times. The two agree to escort a gold shipment from a mining camp high in the Sierras to the town below.
