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The Ride Back (1957)

The Ride Back poster
Directed by
Allen H. Miner, Oscar Rudolph
Genre
drama film, Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sheriff escorts a captured outlaw across a harsh desert landscape. The journey forces both men to confront their own fears and moral limits.

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What happens

The Ride Back is a 1957 American Western film directed by Allen H. Miner and written by Antony Ellis. The film stars Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan, Victor Millan and Jorge Trevino and was produced by Conrad. It was released on April 29, 1957, by United Artists. It was partially filmed in Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, California. It was produced by Robert Aldrich who called it "a good Western with psychological overtones". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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