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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.
An aging ex-marshal (Joel McCrea) is betrayed by his partner and young protege (Randolph Scott, Ron Starr) while transporting gold in the Sierra Nevada. A classic Western film that explores themes of honor, loyalty and the end of an era.
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- Drama, Western
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1962-05-09
A classic Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott. Read the critics' ratings and reviews, and find out where to watch or buy the movie online.
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- Randolph Scott
- Sam Peckinpah
- Western
Find out who starred in and worked on the classic western film Ride the High Country, directed by Sam Peckinpah. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
An ex-marshal and his old partner transport gold through dangerous territory, but the partner plans to double-cross him. Along the way, they meet a young woman who faces a forced marriage and a group of psychotic brothers.
Two aging gunslingers, played by Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea, escort a gold shipment from a remote mining town in this 1962 film directed by Sam Peckinpah. See photos, videos, cast and crew, and trivia of this western classic.
Ride the High Country, American western film, released in 1962, that was a revisionist take on the genre. It was the second movie by director Sam Peckinpah, and its embittered characters and realistic gunplay began to establish the formulas for which he became famous.
