A small western that deserves appreciation and a lot of viewings. Tcm salute to joel mccrea 2of3 ride the high country intro. The world is changing and for an old lawman like steve judd, there arent many opportunities left for him. Ride the high country full movie video dailymotion. A description of tropes appearing in ride the high country. Ride the high country is a 1962 american western film directed by sam peckinpah and starring randolph scott, joel mccrea, and mariette hartley. Nevertheless he was able to regroup and the resulting movie, an elegiac valedictory for western icons joel mccrea and randolph scott, set. He accepts to work for a bank protecting gold shipments that are coming from a new gold find 2 or 3 days ride away.
The film s working title was guns in the afternoon. Location scenes were filmed in the inyo national forest, ca. Ride the high country film by peckinpah 1962 britannica. Both an exciting western and a heartlifting homage to the genre, ride the high country is a journey into film greatness. With joel mccrea, randolph scott, mariette hartley, ron starr. The threat of a doublecross is left to marinate during their ride to coarse gold, which. Sep 06, 20 ride the high countryjoel mccrea, randolph scott, mariette hartley, ron starr, james drury, r. Ride the high country dvd in this brilliant, moving film directed by sam peckinpah the wild bunch, cowboy icons randolph scott and joel mccrea find roles to match their leathery western personas, playing aging lawmen hired to guard a gold shipment.
Feb 24, 2020 subscribe to watch the best free full length movies. Directed by sam peckinpah, this movie has an oldtime narrative involving gold, thieves and damsels in. Feb 11, 2014 life after death experience nde with steve gardipee, vietnam war story one of the best ndes duration. Unsettling suspense strikes early in ride the high country, as we learn soon enough that westrum and longtreeinitially resentful about earning half as much as judd for doing the same workare plotting to steal the gold for themselves on the way back. Sam peckinpah this was director sam peckinpahs second movie, one of the two that are counted his very greatest, and one of the first notable passingoftheoldwest movies. Nevertheless he was able to regroup and the resulting movie, an elegiac valedictory for western icons joel mccrea and randolph scott, set the tone. Watch ride the high country online 1962 movie yidio. Sam peckinpah joel mccrea, randolph scott, mariette hartley. Reviewed in the united states on january 11, 2018 verified purchase. Ride the high country 1961, directed by sam peckinpah film. They will also find adventure, including the dramatic rescue of a mistreated bride mariette hartley, gunblazing shootouts and a lifechanging betrayal. Life after death experience nde with steve gardipee, vietnam war story one of the best ndes duration. The supporting cast includes edgar buchanan, james drury, warren oates, and ron starr. Inducted into the library of congress national film registry.
He accepts to work for a bank protecting gold shipments that are. Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town. Street date april 4, 2017 available through the wbshop 21. Directed by sam peckinpah, this movie has an oldtime narrative involving gold, thieves and damsels in distress. Exlawmen randolph scott, joel mccrea guard gold and rescue a woman mariette hartley. But what he doesnt realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to doublecross him. Jan 29, 2014 tcm salute to joel mccrea 2of3 ride the high country intro. Using everything that came before and predicting everything that came after, ride the high country can now be seen as the lynchpin in the history of the entire western genre. Ride the high country trailer directed by sam peckinpah and starring randolph scott, joel mccrea, ron starr, edgar buchanan, r. Aug 24, 2012 ride the high country 1962 trailer director. It was the second movie by director sam peckinpah, and its embittered characters and realistic gunplay began to establish the formulas for which he became famous. Director sam peckinpah was furious when the studio cavalierly pulled the plug on his colorado location shoot, forcing him to build a mining town full of fake snow in bronson canyon. An exunion soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. Two older men in their underwear, gil randolph scott and steve joel mccrea having not quite the same discussion about old times, in sam peckinpahs elegaic western ride the high country, 1962.
Sam peckinpah randolph scott, joel mccrea, mariette hartley, warren oates, l. Watch ride the high country online stream full movie directv. His days of glory as a legendary lawman have passed, and aging steve judd accepts the job of transporting gold from a remote mining camp in the sierras to a smalltown bank. Ride high country mountain bike rail trails road rides. The film s script, though credited solely to veteran tv screenwriter n. As with many collections of 4 film favorites collections you draw a king, queen, and two jacks. A 1962 western film, created when the hollywood studio system was in decline. They take a job as guards who protect a shipment of gold. Watch ride the high country full movie in hd visit movie 36206 an exlawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community th. Randolph scott and joel mccrea in ride the high country 1962. Ride the high country 1962 tracks 116 total time 32. When it reached new york last week, ride, a modest, meaningful and faultlessly crafted film, was dumped carelessly as the bottom half of neighborhood double bills, playing in the abysmal company of. Leonard maltin recommends ride the high country youtube. Ride the high country two aging gunslingers sign on.
Sam peckinpah gives two western greats a welldeserved finale to two amazing careers. The basically retired randolph scott and joel mccrea saddled up once more and seeing the two of them in here made me so damn greedy for many more old man westerns from either one of them. Ride the high country bluray warner archive collection 1962 color 2. Ride the high country 1962 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Released at the tail end of the western genre, and virtually thrown away by mgm, ride the high country feels like an elegy for the western itself and peckinpah himself would go on to revise western conventions with such later efforts as the wild bunch 1969 and pat garrett and billy the kid 1973. Watch ride the high country full movie in hd visit movies. Ride the high country trailer turner classic movies. The basically retired randolph scott and joel mccrea saddled up once more and seeing the two of them in here made me so damn greedy. Subscribe to watch the best free full length movies. On the way, the men help elsa knudsen mariette hartley to break free from her zealot father. In this brilliant, moving film directed by sam peckinpah the wild bunch, cowbo.
Ride the high country, deemed unworthy of a firstclass run, has been gradually leaked like a secret to various theatres around the country. Sam peckinpah randolph scott, joel mccrea, mariette. Ride the high country the 1962 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Ride the high country is a western set in a mining town in the mountains of california. Costarring emmywinner mariette hartley peyton place. Two older men in their underwear, gil randolph scott and steve joel mccrea having not quite the same discussion about old times, in sam peckinpahs elegaic western ride the. The obvious exception is ride the high country, acclaimed a classic within months of its releaseand which still remains the peckinpah movie that people who hate peckinpah movies can like. Popularly viewed as peckinpahs first accomplished film following the compromised the deadly companions 1961, ride the high country 1962 has been mostly seen as the directors farewell to the traditional western formula while incorporating features that faintly anticipate future creative developments in his work 1. Ride the high country apart from his first feature, the rarely screened the deadly companions, few of sam peckinpahs films have escaped controversy. Peckinpahs superb second film, a nostalgic lament for the west in its declining years, with a couple of great set pieces the bizarre wedding in the mining cam. Ride the high country, american western film, released in 1962, that was a revisionist take on the genre.
The king here is ride the high country a great finale for two western stars. Unknown to steve, the restless gil and a young drifter intend to steal the next gold transport. Reduced to transporting gold from a distant mine to a smalltown bank, retired lawman steve judd joel mccrea recruits friend gil westrum randolph scott, who has been performing in a traveling carnival. Ride with randolph and mccrea, ride tall1962 nshepard. Ride the high country 1962 movie clip the way she smiles. Ride the high country released internationally as guns in the afternoon is a 1962 american western film directed by sam peckinpah and starring randolph scott, joel mccrea, and mariette hartley. Jones, warren oates, john davis chandler, edgar buchanan 1962. Ride the high countryjoel mccrea, randolph scott, mariette hartley, ron starr, james drury, r. Read famous quotes from ride the high country, 1962, directed by sam peckinpah, with randolph scott, joel mccrea, mariette hartley. Ride the high country marked the last film of actor randolph scott 18981987, who began his acting career in the late 1920s and became a major hollywood star in the 1930s and 1940s. Fort worth is a good film, and the other two watchable efforts. The film s plot is predictable, but contains many themes that peckinpah would explore in his later career and a nostalgia for the older western pictures. Gil randolph scott and steve joel mccrea are two proud former lawmen coping with the changing times after helping settle the wild west.
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