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Ride Lonesome (1959)

Ride Lonesome poster
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
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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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