Ride the High Country
“Showdown in the High Sierra!”
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
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Cast
35 people
Randolph Scott
Gil Westrum
Known for
Ride Lonesome
My Favorite Wife
Joel McCrea
Steve Judd
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Foreign Correspondent
Mariette Hartley
Elsa Knudsen
Known for
Encino Man
Marnie
Ron Starr
Heck Longtree
Known for
G.I. Blues
Edgar Buchanan
Judge Tolliver
Known for
Shane
Human Desire
R.G. Armstrong
Joshua Knudsen
Known for
Predator
Children of the Corn
Jenie Jackson
Kate
Also in
Imago
How Sweet It Is!
James Drury
Billy Hammond
Known for
Forbidden Planet
Pollyanna
L.Q. Jones
Sylvus Hammond
Known for
The Mask of Zorro
Casino
John Anderson
Elder Hammond
Known for
Psycho
Soldier Blue
John Davis Chandler
Jimmy Hammond
Known for
Adventures in Babysitting
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Warren Oates
Henry Hammond
Known for
Badlands
In the Heat of the Night
Sam Peckinpah Director · N.B. Stone Jr. Writer George Bassman Composer
Budget $813K · United States release May 9, 1962 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$813,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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United States
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Guns in the Afternoon
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · May 9, 1962
Theatrical
Brazil
March 10, 2020 · Physical · DVD
Japan
July 14, 1962 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 23, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
September 24, 1962 · Theatrical · Porto
January 19, 2010 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
June 3, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
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