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| Ride the High Country | |
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| Directed by | Sam Peckinpah |
| Written by | N.B. Stone Jr. Uncredited: Sam Peckinpah William Roberts |
| Produced by | Richard E. Lyons |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Frank Santillo |
| Music by | George Bassman |
| Color process | Metrocolor |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $813,000[1] |
| Box office | $2 million[2] |
Ride the High Country (released internationally as Guns in the Afternoon) is a 1962 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Mariette Hartley. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, Warren Oates, and Ron Starr. The film's script, though credited solely to veteran TV screenwriter N.B. Stone Jr.,[3] was – according to producer Richard E. Lyons – almost entirely the work of Stone's friend and colleague, William S. Roberts, and Peckinpah himself.[4] [a]
In 1992, Ride the High Country was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant[8]
The film featured Scott's final screen performance.[9] After this film, Joel McCrea did not make another feature film until 1970. That year saw him make Cry Blood, Apache, with his son Jody. He appeared in The Young Rounders in 1972. His final film appearance was in 1976 in Mustang Country.
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- ^ Compo, Susan (2009). "Meanwhile, Back at the Raincheck". Warren Oates: A Wild Life. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press. ISBN 9780813173320. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ Simmons, Garner (1982). "Ride the High Country". Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-87910-273-X. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ a b Simmons, Garner (1982). "Ride the High Country". Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-87910-273-X. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
- ^ Hughes, Howard. "'All I Want Is to Enter My House Justified'". Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Westerns. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 139-140. ISBN 978-1-84511-498-5. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "Ride the High Country". TCM. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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