Ride Lonesome
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67% Critic Match

Ride Lonesome

Scorching lead-hot action all the way!

6.7 / 10 1959 1h 13mNR English
Western

Storyline

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.

Cast & Crew

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

Ben Brigade

Lead
Karen Steele

Karen Steele

Mrs. Carrie Lane

Pernell Roberts

Pernell Roberts

Sam Boone

James Best

James Best

Billy John

Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

Frank

James Coburn

James Coburn

Whitt

BE

Bennie E. Dobbins

Outlaw (uncredited)

Roy Jenson

Roy Jenson

Outlaw (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Budd Boetticher's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Ride Lonesome is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker