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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.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Oct 20237/10
I usually find Randolph Scott to be a bit lightweight but he's on top form in this classy revenge western. He plays bounty hunter "Ben" who apprehends "Billy John" (James Best) for murder. He is taking him to town for a reckoning, but what he really wants is to capture that man's even more murderous brother "Frank" (Lee Van Cleef) as he has some old, visceral, scores to settle. En route he rescues the feisty "Carrie" (Karen Steele) from an attack by quite an eccentric group of Indians and alights on "Sam" (Pernell Roberts) and "Whit" (James Coburn) to help give them a fighting chance against the certainly pursuing sibling. Now I don't suppose there's loads of plot jeopardy here, but the story unfolds gradually and effectively and Van Cleef was always in his element in these kind of roles. Budd Boetticher also doesn't let this hang around. It's barely seventy five minutes long with a minimum of slushy romance and plenty of shoot-outs before a denouement that was entirely fitting - if perhaps a little too rushed. This is certainly a great example of the less is more film, and well worth a watch on a big screen if you can - the photography is impressive on a grander scale.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Wuchakon TMDB · Mar 20227/10
_**Solitary people dwarfed against an arid, empty, hostile landscape**_ A leathered, weathered bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) captures his quarry (James Best) in the wilderness of east-central California intending to take him to Santa Cruz, but has to team-up with two dubious men (Pernell Roberts & James Coburn) and a lone woman (Karen Steele) at an isolated swing station to deal with Mescalero Indians. Meanwhile the young outlaw’s gang are on their trail (Lee Van Cleef, etc.). "Ride Lonesome" (1959) is one of five Westerns from 1956-1960 written by Burt Kennedy, directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. The others are: “7 Men from now,” “The Tall T,” “Buchanan Rides Alone” and “Comanche Station.” Two additional films omit writer Kennedy from the equation: "Decision at Sundown" and "Westbound." A little cult has formed around these Westerns and most are first-rate despite some not having the biggest budgets, like this one. Similar to “The Tall T,” it was shot entirely outdoors and in the same general area. There’s a certain sad loneliness to the proceedings as the characters pursue money, justice, love, redemption or vengeance in a fallen Western world. I prefer “The
Read the whole review on TMDB - John Chardon TMDB · Dec 20199/10
You just don't seem like the kind that would hunt a man for money. Ride Lonesome is directed by Budd Boetticher, written by Burt Kennedy and stars Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Coburn, James Best & Lee Van Cleef. Charles Lawton Jr. is the cinematographer (in CinemaScope for the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California location) and Heinz Roemheld provides the musical score. Film is part of the Ranown Western cycle involving Boetticher, Scott, Kennedy and producer Harry Joe Brown. Bounty hunter Ben Brigade (Scott) captures wanted outlaw Billy John (Best) and tells him he's taking him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Best boasts that his brother Frank (Cleef) will soon be arriving to ensure that doesn't happen. Brigade isn't the least bit bothered by this statement. The two men stop at a Wells Junction, a remote swing station, where they encounter Boone (Roberts) & Whit (Coburn), two drifters, and Mrs Lane (Steele), the station attendant's wife. With Mr Lane missing and the Mescalero Apache's on the warpath, the group decide to collectively travel to Santa Cruz, but hot on their trail are the Indians and also Frank John's gang. There's also the small matter of motives w
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Cast
- Randolph ScottBen Brigade
- Karen SteeleMrs. Carrie Lane
- Pernell RobertsSam Boone
- James BestBilly John
- Lee Van CleefFrank
- James CoburnWhitt
- Bennie E. DobbinsOutlaw (uncredited)
- Roy JensonOutlaw (uncredited)
- Dyke JohnsonOutlaw (uncredited)
- Boyd 'Red' MorganOutlaw (uncredited)
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- Budd BoetticherDirector
- Burt KennedyWriter
- Charles Lawton Jr.Director of Photography
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
- Jerome ThomsEditor
- Randolph ScottProducer
- Budd BoetticherProducer
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