Buchanan Rides Alone (The Name's Buchanan) (1958)
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70% of users liked it
(257 ratings)
Buchanan (Randolph Scott) rides alone through Texas, en route to his future home of Mexico. He is sidetracked during a stopover in a lawless border town, where Mexican youth Juan (Manuel Rojas) sits in jail, awaiting trial for the killing of the local bully. It seems that the dead man had several… More Buchanan (Randolph Scott) rides alone through Texas, en route to his future home of Mexico. He is sidetracked during a stopover in a lawless border town, where Mexican youth Juan (Manuel Rojas) sits in jail, awaiting trial for the killing of the local bully. It seems that the dead man had several influential relatives who intend to string up poor Juan before justice can be served. Championing the boy's cause, Buchanan methodically sets out to undermine the villains by playing one against the other. As was customary in the Randolph Scott-Budd Boetticher films of the 1950s, Buchanan Ride Alone offers unrelenting tension and innumerable plot twists until its explosive finale. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Budd Boetticher
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 1, 1958 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Dark comedy gem in which the hero cleans up one of the most corrupt towns in Western history.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
This is a lighter effort than usual, with more of a male bonding angle. It's also the most needlessly complicated of the series.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Absurd but witty minor Western.
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Cast
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Randolph Scott
as Buchanan
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Craig Stevens
as Abe Carbo
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Barry Kelley
as Lew Agry
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Tol Avery
as Simon Agry
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Peter Whitney
as Amos Agry
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Manuel Rojas
as Juan
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L.Q. Jones
as Pecos Hill
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Robert Anderson
as Waldo Peek
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Joe De Santis
as Esteban Gomez
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William Leslie
as Toy Agry
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Jennifer Holden
as K.T.
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Nacho Galindo
as Nacho
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Don C. Harvey
as Lafe
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Roy Jenson
as Hamp
