Ride Lonesome (1959)

Director:

Budd Boetticher

Writer:

Burt Kennedy (written by)

Release Date:

15 February 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Tagline:

Scorching lead-hot action all the way!

Plot:

A bounty hunter escorts a killer to town to be hanged, but is allowing the man's outlaw brother to catch up with him, for a showdown over a shocking previous murder.

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Bounty | Indian Attack | Brother | Bounty Hunter

Cast

Randolph Scott	...	Ben Brigade
Karen Steele	...	Mrs. Carrie Lane
Pernell Roberts	...	Sam Boone
James Best	...	Billy John
Lee Van Cleef	...	Frank
James Coburn	...	Whit
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bennie E. Dobbins	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Dyke Johnson	...	Charlie (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman	...	Indian Chief (uncredited)

Directed by
Budd Boetticher

Writing credits
Burt Kennedy		(written by)

Produced by
Budd Boetticher	....	producer
Harry Joe Brown	....	executive producer
Randolph Scott	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Heinz Roemheld

Cinematography by
Charles Lawton Jr.		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jerome Thoms

Art Direction by
Robert Peterson

Set Decoration by
Frank Tuttle		(as Frank A. Tuttle)

Makeup Department
Maybelle Carey	....	hairdresser (uncredited)
Dave Grayson	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Al Greenway	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerrold Bernstein	....	assistant director
John D. Bloss	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Ray Bassell	....	lead man (uncredited)
Ray Hunt	....	props (uncredited)
John Santos	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
John P. Livadary	....	recording supervisor (as John Livadary)
Harry D. Mills	....	sound (as Harry Mills)
Les Fresholtz	....	cableman (uncredited)
Sol Jaffe	....	mikeman (uncredited)
Harold Lee	....	recordist (uncredited)

Stunts
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Eddie Blaisdell	....	grip (uncredited)
Emil Oster	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Arnold L. Rich	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Howard Robertson	....	gaffer (uncredited)
William Rose	....	grip (uncredited)
Homer Van Pelt	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Henri Jaffa	....	color consultant

Music Department
Heinz Roemheld	....	conductor

Other crew
Jackson Halliday	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)
Clyde Hudkins Jr.	....	ramrod (uncredited)
Frances McDowell	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents)
• Ranown Pictures Corp. (as A Ranown Production)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1959) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1959) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• GoodTimes Home Video (1990) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (included in "The Films of Budd Boetticher")
• TVS Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Pathé  Eastman Color by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (as Eastman Color)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (certificate #19172) | UK:U (passed with cuts) | West Germany:12 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Screenwriter Burt Kennedy's line spoken by Pernell Roberts, "There are some things a man just can't ride around," is an echo of a virtually identical line used by Scott in "The Tall T,' another entry in the Scott/Brown/Boetticher series.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Bra straps are seen through Mrs Lane's shirt when Brigade tries to negotiate with the Indian, and in a later scene at the abandoned corrals.

Quotes:

Sam Boone:Is Brigade still trying to get that animal up, is he?
Whit:Yeah, he was at it all night.
Sam Boone:Why don't he shoot him and just get it over with?
Whit:He said he wanted to wait. He claims animals is like people. Feel the mornin' sun on them and makes'm forget all the hurt they got. Make's them want start over.
Sam Boone:There are sure times he doesn't act like a man that makes his way killin'.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005) (V)

Ride tall and forget about leaving a trail.

A rather short, but complete western drama. Great sets, script and photography. A simple and to the point story line. Randolph Scott is an ex-sheriff who plans on taking an outlaw(James Best)to Santa Cruz to be hanged. The slow talking Scott rides tall and seems to always be in command. The all-star cast includes:Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, James Coburn and the handsomely beautiful Karen Steele. Evocative of a classic.