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Ride Lonesome

  • 1959
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  • 1h 13m
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7.1/10
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Randolph Scott and Karen Steele in Ride Lonesome (1959)
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A bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a pre... Read allA bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.A bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.

  • Director
    • Budd Boetticher
  • Writer
    • Burt Kennedy
  • Stars
    • Randolph Scott
    • Karen Steele
    • Pernell Roberts
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    6K
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    • Director
      • Budd Boetticher
    • Writer
      • Burt Kennedy
    • Stars
      • Randolph Scott
      • Karen Steele
      • Pernell Roberts
    • 79User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
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    Randolph Scott, Pernell Roberts, and Karen Steele in Ride Lonesome (1959)
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    Randolph Scott
    Randolph Scott
    • Ben Brigade
    Karen Steele
    Karen Steele
    • Mrs. Carrie Lane
    Pernell Roberts
    Pernell Roberts
    • Sam Boone
    James Best
    James Best
    • Billy John
    Lee Van Cleef
    Lee Van Cleef
    • Frank
    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    • Whit
    Bennie E. Dobbins
    • Outlaw
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Jenson
    Roy Jenson
    • Outlaw
    • (uncredited)
    Dyke Johnson
    • Charlie
    • (uncredited)
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    • Outlaw
    • (uncredited)
    Boyd Stockman
    Boyd Stockman
    • Indian Chief
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Budd Boetticher
    • Writer
      • Burt Kennedy
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    • Trivia
      Film debut of James Coburn.
    • Goofs
      Brigade insists on bringing his prisoner to Santa Cruz, Arizona. The county of Santa Cruz was created in 1899. The film is set in an earlier time. For instance, the Apaches are on the warpath and the last major outbreak of the Apaches was in 1890.
    • Quotes

      Sam Boone: There are some things a man just can't ride around.

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      Featured in 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994)

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    7/10
    A good tight western that does not outwear its welcome
    This is taut Western, filled with good phrasing and a good story, with a slight twist at the end. Ben Brigade (Randolph Scott) captures Billy John (James Best) for the bounty on his head. The twist is concerning Billy John's brother Frank (Lee Van Cleef) which I won't give away. Brigade meets up with Sam Boone (Pernell Roberts) and Whit (James Coburn) at a stage line swing station that belongs to Mr. & Mrs Lane. Mr. Lane is absent, killed by Indians, and the story basically is of Brigade taking Billy John to justice and Mrs Lane (Karen Steele) to safety, while a war party is after them and Frank and company are out to free Billy John.

    It's once again a simple old school Western, this one not being quite as good as "The Tall T". Katherine Steele is just a little too much eye candy that seems a bit out of place for the time period. As is customary for many western heroines of the 50's she's got a hairdo that could only be possible in a hair salon with the equipment they had in the 50's.

    James Best plays a part he was born for, that of the young smart-aleck killer, Pernell Roberts gives a standout performance, and Coburn plays Robert's thin as a rail sidekick Whit, in probably his first film role. Roberts and Whit play minor outlaws that are caught up in the events.

    Lee Van Cleef is not as effective as he could have been, but in this, as in other of his pre-Leone speaking roles, he comes off as either a hot head or a two bit outlaw. His speech and his body movements are way way too fast, but that's direction, and it seems that that was the way he was typecast for most of the fifties. Zinnerman saw his look in High Noon and kept him silent and menacing. In this film he does something so despicable that there should have been way way more buildup to to the climax, but that is of course looking at the Western with Leone colored glasses. Now this despicable act that you never actually see really doesn't work since it's thrown out way too far towards the climax. This would work better if the scenario of events was shown leading up to the act via flashbacks, giving the audience some shockers. Too late to make a long story short, the film should have been emphasizing Van Cleef as much as Scott, but that's just not Boetticher's style.

    To summarize, this is a great cheapie budget Western, and although the outdoor locations alone are a major part of the film, the only structures you see are the stage swing station and corrals and some abandoned ruins. More money was probably spent on stock and wranglers than art design. Again we get cowboy lore on the treatment of horses, and good Western slang. Scott is good as the man looking for revenge, and the irony involving the male characters is excellent. Scott is a good man doing a bad thing; Roberts and Coburn have done some bad things and are looking to go "good"/straight.
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    • Release date
      • February 15, 1959 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jahac osvetnik
    • Filming locations
      • Olancha Dunes, Olancha, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Ranown Pictures Corp.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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