Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome (1959)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (449 ratings)

This is one of several solid B-grade Westerns produced at the height of the genre's popularity in the '50s by the partnership of director Budd Boetticher, star Randolph Scott, and writer Burt Kennedy. Scott stars as Ben Brigade, a taciturn bounty hunter who captures wanted murderer Billy… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Western, Classics
In Theaters
Feb 15, 1959 Wide
On DVD
Nov 4, 2008

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    Beautifully scripted by Burt Kennedy, with excellent performances all round as the characters evolve through subtly shifting loyalties and ambitions, it's a small masterpiece.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    There is hardly any pretense of action or suspense as the characters move, almost aimlessly, through an open landscape, testing each other's strengths and weaknesses through conversations that become psychological chess games.

  • Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

    Richly styled Western with some of the most sympathetic characters in Budd Boetticher.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Perhaps the best in the "Ranown" series, alongside Seven Men from Now, Ride Lonesome one never once strikes a wrong note.

  • , Film4

    A model of the genre.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    randolph scott, pernell roberts, lee van cleef and james coburn. not my favorite in the ranown cycle but still damn good stuff

  • Walter M


    "Ride Lonesome" is an entertaining western with a good cast about a group of characters trying to escape their past. It starts with bounty hunter Ben Brigade(Randolph Scott) capturing murderer Billy John(James Best), intent on bringing him to justice in Santa Cruz. But… More

  • MJS M


    This is another film I ?watched? while doing other stuff on the computer. From a visual perspective, this is quite good. There?s some good color cinematography, good use of widescreen, and some really nice desert scenery. Otherwise, kind of boring. A short B-western that?s gained… More

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