Ride Lonesome
“Scorching lead-hot action all the way!”
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.
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Part of The Ranown Cycle Westerns Collection
7 films
Cast
11 people
Randolph Scott
Ben Brigade
Known for
Ride the High Country
My Favorite Wife
Karen Steele
Mrs. Carrie Lane
Known for
Marty
Pernell Roberts
Sam Boone
Known for
Bonanza
Around the World in 80 Days
James Best
Billy John
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Killer Shrews
Lee Van Cleef
Frank
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
James Coburn
Whitt
Known for
Monsters, Inc.
The Nutty Professor
Bennie E. Dobbins
Outlaw (uncredited)
Known for
Sometimes a Great Notion
Barquero
Roy Jenson
Outlaw (uncredited)
Known for
Chinatown
Soylent Green
Dyke Johnson
Outlaw (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Outlaw (uncredited)
Known for
The Amazing Transparent Man
The War Wagon
Boyd Stockman
Indian chief (uncredited)
Known for
The Man from Laramie
The Alligator People
Budd Boetticher Director · Burt Kennedy Writer Heinz Roemheld Composer
United States release February 1, 1959 · Produced in United States · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
Ranown Pictures
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 1, 1959
Limited theatrical
United States
February 11, 1959 · Theatrical · Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 15, 1959 · Theatrical
Australia
September 18, 1959 · Theatrical
Canada
April 4, 1959 · Theatrical
Finland
March 27, 1959 · Theatrical
France
February 26, 1969 · Theatrical
Germany
September 14, 1959 · Theatrical · West Germany
Portugal
July 20, 1960 · Theatrical
February 6, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa
United Kingdom
October 1, 2012 · Physical · DVD
August 19, 2025 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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