Critic Reviews
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Symbols of a waning era who eventually clash over right and wrong, Messrs. McCrea and Scott mesh perfectly, with the latter getting the drollest lines -- and there are plenty.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Using everything that came before and predicting everything that came after, Ride the High Country can now be seen as the lynchpin in the history of the entire Western genre.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
Peckinpah gets to play around with the ideas of loyalty, respect, codes of honor, and shades of gray between good and evil.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...great entertainment: humorous, adventurous, inventive, and enthralling.
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James Plath, Reel.com
There are plenty of small details that evoke the real West rather than an imagined one, as well as subplots that recognize a shrinking frontier and a near absence of stereotypes and stock dialogue.
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Cast
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Joel McCreaas Steve Judd -
Randolph Scottas Gil Westrum -
Mariette Hartleyas Elsa Knudsen
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Ron Starras Heck Longtree -
James Druryas Billy Hammond -
Edgar Buchananas Judge Tolliver
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