Ride the High Country (1962)
- Directed by
- Sam Peckinpah
- Genre
- Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 250 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An aging former lawman takes a job guarding a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He is joined by his old partner and a young woman escaping her family.
reflectivemelancholicslow-burnruggedpoignantearnestbittersweet
What happens
Ride the High Country (released internationally as Guns in the Afternoon) is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Randolph Scott (in his final screen performance), Joel McCrea, and Mariette Hartley. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, R. G. Armstrong, L. Q. Jones, and Warren Oates. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on June 20, 1962. Despite a poor box-office reception, it was praised and well-regarded by critics, winning the Belgian Film Critics Association's 1964 Grand Prix. Hartley was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. The film's reputation has only grown in following years, with Peckinpah's admirers citing it as his first great film. In 1992, Ride the High Country was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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