Showdown in the High Sierra!
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
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Character
Grave, classical in form, earnest and nostalgic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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“Is this Sam Peckinpah's best work?”
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“Is Randolph Scott the best thing in Ride the High Country?”
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Cast
- Randolph ScottGil Westrum
- Joel McCreaSteve Judd
- Mariette HartleyElsa Knudsen
- Ron StarrHeck Longtree
- Edgar BuchananJudge Tolliver
- R.G. ArmstrongJoshua Knudsen
- Jenie JacksonKate
- James DruryBilly Hammond
- L.Q. JonesSylvus Hammond
- John AndersonElder Hammond
Crew
- Sam PeckinpahDirector
- N.B. Stone Jr.Writer
- Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
- George BassmanOriginal Music Composer
- Frank SantilloEditor
- Richard E. LyonsProducer
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