Ride the High Country

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American film Western film film

Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, celebrated for its elegiac tone and exploration of aging lawmen facing a changing frontier.

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Ride the High Country canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
aspectRatio 2.35:1 ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard ⓘ
colorProcess DeLuxe Color ⓘ
surface form: Metrocolor
consideredTurningPointFor Sam Peckinpah ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sam Peckinpah ⓘ
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical film ⓘ
distributor MGM ⓘ
editedBy Frank Santillo ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sierra Nevada ⓘ
followsCharacter Gil Westrum ⓘ
Steve Judd ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasCultStatus yes ⓘ
hasNotableReception critical acclaim ⓘ
musicBy George Bassman ⓘ
narrativeFocus aging lawmen ⓘ
narrativeTheme betrayal ⓘ
changing frontier ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
honor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotElement conflict over morality ⓘ
gold transport job ⓘ
producer Richard E. Lyons ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1962-06-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
screenwriter N. B. Stone Jr. ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century American West ⓘ
starring James Drury ⓘ
Joel McCrea ⓘ
L. Q. Jones ⓘ
Mariette Hartley ⓘ
R. G. Armstrong ⓘ
Randolph Scott ⓘ
Ron Starr ⓘ
Warren Oates ⓘ
storyBy N. B. Stone Jr. ⓘ
tone elegiac ⓘ

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Warren Oates → notableWork → Ride the High Country ⓘ
Sam Peckinpah → notableWork → Ride the High Country ⓘ
Sam Peckinpah → directed → Ride the High Country ⓘ
Joel McCrea → notableWork → Ride the High Country ⓘ
Randolph Scott → notableWork → Ride the High Country ⓘ
Edgar Buchanan → notableWork → Ride the High Country ⓘ
Lucien Ballard → workedOn → Ride the High Country ⓘ