Ride Lonesome

1959

Action / Drama / Western

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 72% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 7437 7.4K

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Plot summary

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.

Director

Budd Boetticher Photo
Budd Boetticher

Top cast

Roy Jenson Photo
Roy Jenson as Outlaw
Lee Van Cleef Photo
Lee Van Cleef as Frank
Boyd Stockman Photo
Boyd Stockman as Indian Chief
Randolph Scott Photo
Randolph Scott as Ben Brigade
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599.4 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 13 min
Seeds 2
1.14 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 13 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by st-shot 7 / 10

A smooth ride along bumpy trails.

This the sixth of seven westerns director Budd Boeticher made with producer/star Randolph Scott and while it follows the same basic formula of the others its not a bad thing since most on their own are well paced, action packed, suspenseful and ably lensed by Charles Lambert who has wonderful eye for the west and this is no exception.In this one Scott plays bounty hunter Ben Brigade. He's taking murderer Billy John back to Sant Cruz for a reward and this gets the attention of two tired desperadoes since it includes amnesty for anyone who brings him back. With Indians on the warpath he forms an uneasy alliance with the two as well as take Mrs. Carrie Lane who runs the stage stop along with her. In addition to this quartet of issues Brigade is also being pursued by Billy's brother.If they were car makers John Ford and Anthony Mann would make Cadillacs while Budd Boeticher would manufacture Volkswagons. While he does not have the star power or budget of those western masters he nevertheless produces the same quality product with impressive wide open space compositions effectively punctuated with symbols and clues. He may only make compact westerns but they almost always offer a good clean economical ride.Scott's nearest threat in Ride Lonesome are not like previous cold blooded villains. Instead they are more Lenny and George from Of Mice and Men than James brothers but once they find out what the word amnesty means they are prepared to kill to get it.Scott as usual is the same tough, humorless, stoic he plays in the other westerns while Barbera Steele is more dance hall girl than pioneer woman. What differentiates Ride Lonesome from the other Boeticher westerns is the characters of Sam Boone and Whit. They may be surly and have some rattle snake in them but they are loyal to each other and the interplay between Pernel Roberts and especially James Coburn make them interestingly sympathetic.
Reviewed by jcohen1 7 / 10

Clearly his choice

Another in the series of short but very good westerns with RS. Scott is a one man Brigade. Take the Tall T, Comanche Station and the others in the RS genre; mix em up throw em in the air and you come up with the next in the series. I don't mind but my wife keeps complaining the movie is the same as the last RS flick. True to his code, Scott doesn't show much interest in Jayne Mansfield-like Karen Steele. A standout performance for Pernell Roberts as the bad guy. James Best known for his Jimmy Stewart imitation to entertain Burt Reynolds in Hooper,is on hand for some interesting supporting acting. I didn't see the ending coming and I hate to leave you hanging so I won't say a word.
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