Ride the High Country

May 9, 1962

1h 34m

★ 7.1

Showdown in the High Sierra!

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Ride the High Country Trailers

Cast

Gil Westrum

Randolph Scott

Steve Judd

Joel McCrea

Elsa Knudsen

Mariette Hartley

Heck Longtree

Ron Starr

Judge Tolliver

Edgar Buchanan

Joshua Knudsen

R.G. Armstrong

Kate

Jenie Jackson

Billy Hammond

James Drury

Sylvus Hammond

L.Q. Jones

Elder Hammond

John Anderson

Jimmy Hammond

John Davis Chandler

Henry Hammond

Warren Oates

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4.5

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6.8

The War Wagon

May 26, 1967

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

6.6

The Spikes Gang

Apr 11, 1974

Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with stories of his exciting past. The adventurous tales inspire them to start a gang of their own. Failing at their first attempt to rob a bank, the boys convince the gruff Spikes to teach them the ways of the desperado.

6.5

Cut-Throats Nine

Oct 23, 1971

A group of ruthless convicts is led to prison through an inhospitable mountain range by a small cavalry detachment commanded by Sergeant Brown, who is accompanied by his young and beautiful daughter.

6.9

Ulzana's Raid

Oct 27, 1972

After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.

6.7

Rawhide

Mar 25, 1951

At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

7.4

Along the Great Divide

Jun 2, 1951

US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?

7.2

Destry Rides Again

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Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.

6.3

Annie Oakley

Nov 15, 1935

Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

0.0

Trigger Smith

Mar 22, 1939

A cowboy goes after a gang of stagecoach robbers who murdered his brother.

3.0

Fool's Gold

Oct 9, 1946

The son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. Hoppy prevents this and brings the gang to justice.

6.3

The Silver Whip

Feb 4, 1953

Frustrated with the lack of opportunities in his hometown, young Jess Harker plans to leave, but sympathetic stagecoach armed guard Race Crim persuades his boss to give Jess the stage driver job.

5.2

His Brother's Ghost

Feb 3, 1945

When a group of gunmen are running sharecroppers off their land, rancher Andy Jones sends for his friend Billy Carson to organise the sharecroppers to fight. Andy is soon mortally wounded by the gunmen, but before his death schemes for his no good twin brother Fuzzy to be sent for to impersonate him. The gunmen, witnessing Andy's funeral fear that Fuzzy is Andy's avenging ghost.

5.4

Shotgun

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Clay Hardin, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, is about to turn in his badge and take the job as the territory's Indian commissioner until the notorious Ben Thompson slays the marshal when he tried to make an arrest. Clay turns his back on a white-collar job and his girl to pursue the gang. Picking up a bounty hunter and a beautiful half-breed woman along the way, the little band follows the trail into Apache land where the lawman discovers that the outlaws plan to sell repeating rifles to the Indians.

5.7

Stagecoach Express

Mar 6, 1942

Ellen has the contract for the South West Stage Line through the panhandle. Her father had the run for years and Haney, who runs the office, worked for him. But Ellen does not know that Haney is in league with Elkins and they want the stage line so they can rob the gold shipments. All they need do is stop the stage and end her contract, but that is not easy with Dave driving for Ellen.