Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

1962 · 94 min · EN · 7.0 (189 votes)
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · Starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan, R.G. Armstrong · Music George Bassman

Showdown in the High Sierra!

Western

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.

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This elegiac Western feels like a final, dusty ride. It's a stoic, melancholic journey about aging heroes facing betrayal, where every sunset hints at a fading legacy and the quiet dignity of the end.

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