

Ride Lonesome
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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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- Language
- English
- bounty hunter
- brother
- outlaw
- indian attack
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)1 Feb 1959
- TheatricalMinneapolis, Minnesota11 Feb 1959
- Theatrical15 Feb 1959
United KingdomGB
- PhysicalDVD1 Oct 2012
- PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival19 Aug 2025
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG18 Sept 1959
CanadaCA
- Theatrical4 Apr 1959
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1627 Mar 1959
FranceFR
- Theatrical26 Feb 1969
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany14 Sept 1959
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1220 Jul 1960
- Theatrical (limited)M/12Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa6 Feb 2025
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Ride Lonesome was released on 1 February 1959.
Audience reviews
4- T9/10
talisencrw
4/29/2016
In the past year or so, I've made a determined decision to get more accustomed to pre-1970's films from around the world, particularly genres I've previously given short change to, such as musicals, war films and westerns. I have to admit it's greatly enhanced my appreciation of cinema in general. It's amazing how great some of these films actually are. Since cinema is the greatest love of my life, I also collect …
- J9/10
John Chard
12/18/2019
You just don't seem like the kind that would hunt a man for money. Ride Lonesome is directed by Budd Boetticher, written by Burt Kennedy and stars Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Coburn, James Best & Lee Van Cleef. Charles Lawton Jr. is the cinematographer (in CinemaScope for the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California location) and Heinz Roemheld provides the musical score. Film is part of the R…
- W7/10
Wuchak
3/17/2022
_**Solitary people dwarfed against an arid, empty, hostile landscape**_ A leathered, weathered bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) captures his quarry (James Best) in the wilderness of east-central California intending to take him to Santa Cruz, but has to team-up with two dubious men (Pernell Roberts & James Coburn) and a lone woman (Karen Steele) at an isolated swing station to deal with Mescalero Indians. Meanwhil…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/20/2023
I usually find Randolph Scott to be a bit lightweight but he's on top form in this classy revenge western. He plays bounty hunter "Ben" who apprehends "Billy John" (James Best) for murder. He is taking him to town for a reckoning, but what he really wants is to capture that man's even more murderous brother "Frank" (Lee Van Cleef) as he has some old, visceral, scores to settle. En route he rescues the feisty "Carrie"…
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