Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Budd Boetticher
Produced by	Budd Boetticher
Written by	Burt Kennedy
Starring	Randolph Scott Karen Steele Pernell Roberts Lee Van Cleef James Coburn
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	February 15, 1959 (1959-02-15) (USA)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ride Lonesome is a 1959 CinemaScope Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, and James Coburn in his film debut.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

Plot

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

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

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.

References

↑ Miller, Ron (1995-01-22). "Coburn's Comfort Zone at Home in Western with Heston and Berenger Supporting". San Jose Mercury News: p. 6.
↑ Wilmington, Michael (1992-11-29). "Tall in the Director's Chair Budd Boetticher made some of the best-remembered Westerns of '50s and '60s; they don't make 'em like that (or him) anymore". Los Angeles Times. p. 4.
↑ "Randolph Scott is dead at 89; Laconic cowboy-film actor". The New York Times. 1987-03-03.

External links

Ride Lonesome at the Internet Movie Database
Ride Lonesome at the TCM Movie Database
Ride Lonesome at AllMovie
Ride Lonesome at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Budd Boetticher

One Mysterious Night (1944)
Escape in the Fog (1945)
Assigned to Danger (1948)
Behind Locked Doors (1948)
The Wolf Hunters (1949)
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
Red Ball Express (1952)
Horizons West (1952)
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Seminole (1953)
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
Wings of the Hawk (1953)
East of Sumatra (1953)
The Magnificent Matador (1955)
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
Seven Men from Now (1956)
The Tall T (1957)
Decision at Sundown (1957)
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Westbound (1959)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
Comanche Station (1960)
A Time for Dying (1969)

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