Ride the High Country
Summary:
This Sam Peckinpah-directed feature outing was intended as the cinematic swan song for both Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea; while McCrea would unexpectedly emerge from retirement, this 1961 western serves as an excellent valedictory for both men. The time is the early 1900s, when the Old West was slowly and stubbornly giving way to the new. McCrea plays Steve Judd, an e... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Joel McCrea - (Steve Judd)
Randolph Scott - (Gil Westrum)
Mariette Hartley - (Elsa Knudsen)
Ron Starr - (Heck Longtree)
James Drury - (Billy Hammond)
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Review:
Sam Peckinpah's second feature united aging Western stars Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott in a beautiful meditation on the passing of the West's heroes. Having survived into the automobile age, McCrea's ex-sheriff stoically maintains his honorable values while Scott's Wild West performer parodies himself for cash. Even as a job guarding gol... Continue >>
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