Ride the High Country
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.
- Budget
- $813,000
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast
Randolph Scott
Gil Westrum
Joel McCrea
Steve Judd
Mariette Hartley
Elsa Knudsen
Ron Starr
Heck Longtree
Edgar Buchanan
Judge Tolliver
R.G. Armstrong
Joshua Knudsen
Jenie Jackson
Kate
James Drury
Billy Hammond
L.Q. Jones
Sylvus Hammond
John Anderson
Elder Hammond
John Davis Chandler
Jimmy Hammond
Warren Oates
Henry Hammond
Chet Brandenburg
Miner (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Spieler (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Abner Samson (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Miner (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Luther Samson (uncredited)
Victor Izay
Jake (uncredited)
Don Kennedy
Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Miner (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Sam Peckinpah
- Writers
- N.B. Stone Jr.
- Producers
- Richard E. Lyons
- Cinematography
- Lucien Ballard
- Composer
- George Bassman
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John Chard
December 30, 2018
Revisonist splendour as Peckinpah starts his thematic obsession. "All I want is to Enter My House Justified" Sam Peckinpah's second feature film is today standing up as a must see and must own for those interested in the Western genre. The film sees ageing lawman Steve Judd land a job of escorting a gold shipment safely to a bank in Hornitos. After running into old friend, and fellow aged lawman Gil Westrun, he hires both he and his young sparky sidekick Heck Longtree to hopefully see t…
CinemaSerf
December 13, 2025
I was never a great fan of Randolph Scott or Joel McCrea when they were churning out their standard western fayre, but putting them together here as couple of ageing veterans works really quite well. “Judd” (McCrae) used to be a marshal, but now he’s picking up work when and where he can and his latest job is to escort a gold shipment through some risky territory. He decides that he will need a bit of help so ropes in his old friend “Gil” (Scott) and his friend “Heck” (Ron Starr). What we know b…