

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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $813K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- runaway
- lawman
- betrayal by friend
- gun shooting
- gold shipment
- aging hero
- retired lawman
- hasty marriage
- shoot out
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical9 May 1962
BrazilBR
- PhysicalDVD10 Mar 2020
JapanJP
- TheatricalG14 Jul 1962
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD23 Jan 2008
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/12Porto24 Sept 1962
- Theatrical (limited)M/12Cinemateca Portuguesa19 Jan 2010
- Theatrical (limited)M/12Cinemateca Portuguesa3 Jun 2025
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Ride the High Country was released on 9 May 1962.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
12/30/2018
Revisonist splendour as Peckinpah starts his thematic obsession. "All I want is to Enter My House Justified" Sam Peckinpah's second feature film is today standing up as a must see and must own for those interested in the Western genre. The film sees ageing lawman Steve Judd land a job of escorting a gold shipment safely to a bank in Hornitos. After running into old friend, and fellow aged lawman Gil Westrun,…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/13/2025
I was never a great fan of Randolph Scott or Joel McCrea when they were churning out their standard western fayre, but putting them together here as couple of ageing veterans works really quite well. “Judd” (McCrae) used to be a marshal, but now he’s picking up work when and where he can and his latest job is to escort a gold shipment through some risky territory. He decides that he will need a bit of help so ropes i…
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