Ride Lonesome (1959)

Directed by

Budd Boetticher

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 163 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bounty hunter captures a murderer and heads for Santa Cruz to collect the reward. Along the way he is joined by a woman and two outlaws who have their own reasons for sticking close.

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What happens

Ride Lonesome is a 1959 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, and James Coburn in his film debut. This Eastmancolor film is one of Boetticher's so-called "Ranown cycle" of westerns, made with Randolph Scott, executive producer Harry Joe Brown and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, beginning with Seven Men from Now. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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