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Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Starring: Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan
Directed By: Sam Peckinpah
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302032246
Format: Color
ISBN: 6302032245
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: 1994-04-25
Running Time: 93
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1962
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Summary: A Very Good Western
Comment: A home-run Western. I think it was Peckinpah's first. In my opinion, it gains and does not lose from the absence of the excess violence that becomes his signature in later works. The shoot-out at the end serves the story. It does not become the story.
But it is also a very good movie outside its genre. And, it is the telling of the story by its actors that truly makes this one memorable.
The supporting roles are particularly well done. Yet, it is McCrea and Scott who turn in the performances of a lifetime; theirs and the aging Westerners they portray. It is the story of both passings and equaly memorable as to the value to be found in both.
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Summary: The Civil Bunch
Comment: The Shut Mouth Society
The Shopkeeper
If you appreciate westerns of the old school, you'll enjoy Ride the High Country.
Under Peckinpah's direction, Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea take a standard script and turn it into a memorable film. The story, similar to The Ballad of Cable Hogue is about the passing of an era. The movie's theme is honor and betrayals as two aging ex-lawmen accept a job to protect a gold shipment and perhaps have a final fling pretending it's the good `ol days.
This is the first Peckinpah Western and he displays a love of the genre that reached fulfillment with The Wild Bunch.
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Summary: Ride the High Country
Comment: This is a great Western and one that I did not fully appreciate when I was a lot younger.
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Summary: Nuanced B Western - Peckinpah's best in my view
Comment: I'm not a big fan of Peckinpah, but this is by far his best film in my view. I read a review of this film somewhere else (IMBD maybe?) that stated that this was the last of the B grade Westerns. If so, this is certainly one of the best. It's ironic that one of the last films of this genre actually defines it. There is so much to love about this film. First, and most importantly, the story line is surprisingly complex for a film of this genre. This is no simple good guys versus bad guys type Western, the roles are more morally ambiguous and subtle. Second, this was the last performance for one of the actors (Scott) and the last decent performance by the other (McCrea) who largely defined the genre. Scott of course is an icon of the B Western, and McCrea had a solid career as well making this type of film. The plot is relatively straight forward. Two old friends decide to work together one last time. Their job is to ride up to a mining town, collect gold from the miners, and return it safely to the bank. One of the two decides it might be more profitable to take off with the gold themselves. Along the way they pickup a young Mariette Hartley who wants to escape from her overprotective Bible-quoting father. Things get interesting when Hartley marries a brute in the mining town and the groom and his family decide that she can't change her mind. Definitely recommended.
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Summary: wstrnnut
Comment: Although this is an older movie, I would recommend it to any Western fan, young or old. It was well written, well directed, and a joy to watch with your family. There are a couple of memorable lines in the show that will stay with you forever.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Next to The Wild Bunch, this may be director Sam Peckinpah's best movie--all the more extraordinary because it was shot almost a decade before his big breakthrough. Peckinpah cannily cast two aging stars of cowboy films--Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott--in their only film together, playing a pair of over-the-hill cowboys who take a job guarding a gold shipment on its journey down from a mining camp. A reflective tale about two men past their prime, looking back on the paths their lives have taken and the choices they've made, it features a stirring finale and terrific performances by McCrea and Scott. It also features, in her first movie role, a very young Mariette Hartley. Look quickly and you'll see Warren Oates, James Drury, and L.Q. Jones. --Marshall Fine
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