Ride the High Country (1962)

Release date: 1962-05-09
Country: USA
Language: English|Chinese
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Genre: Drama, Western
Rating: 7.5/10
Length: 1h 34min

Storyline

Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesn't know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without Steve's help. On the trail, the three get involved in a young woman's desire to escape first from her father, then from her fiance and his dangerously psychotic brothers.

Plot Keywords

miner, 1890s, brothel, brother brother relationship, carnival, domestic violence, redemption, self respect, rifle, prostitute, horse, ambush, gold rush, shootout, crow, dancer, dancing, dead body, death, deputy

Short Review

Symbols of a waning era who eventually clash over right and wrong, Messrs. McCrea and Scott mesh perfectly, with the latter getting the drollest lines -- and there are plenty.