Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Ride Lonesome

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.8
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7.8
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This


Director
  
Budd Boetticher

Music director
  
Heinz Eric Roemheld

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

7.3/10
IMDb

7.6/10
Letterboxd

Genre
  
Drama, Western

Screenplay
  
Burt Kennedy

Writer
  
Burt Kennedy

Language
  
English

Ride Lonesome movie poster

Release date
  
February 15, 1959 (1959-02-15) (USA)

Cast
  
Randolph Scott
(Ben Brigade),
Karen Steele
(Mrs. Carrie Lane),
Pernell Roberts
(Sam Boone),
James Best
(Billy John),
Lee Van Cleef
(Frank),
James Coburn
(Whitt)

Similar movies
  
Django Unchained
,
Blade Runner
,
The Great Silence
,
They Call Me Trinity
,
Dead Man
,
Cowboys & Aliens

Tagline
  
Scorching lead-hot action all the way!

Pernell roberts randolph scott in ride lonesome best scenes before bonanza 1959


Ride Lonesome is a 1959 CinemaScope Western film directed by Budd Boetticher starring Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, and James Coburn in his film debut. This Eastmancolor film is one of Boetticher's so-called "Ranown cycle" of westerns, made with Randolph Scott, executive producer Harry Joe Brown and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, beginning with Seven Men from Now.

Contents

Ride Lonesome movie scenes

Plot

Ride Lonesome movie scenes

Bounty hunter Ben Brigade (Randolph Scott) captures wanted outlaw Billy John (James Best), who brags that his brother Frank (Lee Van Cleef) will never allow Brigade to take Billy John to justice in Santa Cruz County, AZ. AIong the way, Brigade comes to the rescue of a woman, Carrie Lane (Karen Steele), whom he and a pair of unwelcome new partners, gunmen Sam Boone (Pernell Roberts) and his friend Whit (James Coburn), take along toward safety. But Brigade knows that the reward on Billy John's head is the real motive behind Sam's and Whit's arrival, and that outlaw leader Frank won't be far behind.

Cast

Ride Lonesome movie scenes

  • Randolph Scott as Ben Brigade
  • Karen Steele as Mrs. Carrie Lane
  • Pernell Roberts as Sam Boone
  • James Best as Billy John
  • Lee Van Cleef as Frank
  • James Coburn as Whit
  • Bennie E. Dobbins as Outlaw (uncredited)
  • Roy Jenson as Outlaw (uncredited)
  • Dyke Johnson as Charlie (uncredited)
  • Boyd "Red" Morgan as Outlaw (uncredited)
  • Boyd Stockman as Indian Chief (uncredited)
  • DVD release

    Ride Lonesome wwwgstaticcomtvthumbmovieposters6298p6298p

    In 2008 a DVD box set of five Budd Boetticher films starring Randolph Scott was released. Along with Ride Lonesome the set includes Buchanan Rides Alone, Decision at Sundown, Comanche Station, and The Tall T.

    In The Middleman episode "The Cursed Tuba Contingency", the Middleman goes to see Ride Lonesome and is followed there by Lacey Thornfield, a photogenic young artist. The Middleman, solver of exotic problems, tells her that he's seen the first act of the movie 16 times. And, true to form, he is again called away before he can see the end.

    References

    Ride Lonesome Wikipedia
    Ride Lonesome IMDbRide Lonesome Rotten TomatoesRide Lonesome LetterboxdRide Lonesome themoviedb.org