Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell

Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.

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Unrated, 85 min.

Directed by: Henry King

Release Date: June 23, 1950

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  • June 1, 2008
    probably one of henry kings better films starring gregory peck in an unusual formula western. while a general attempt at showing the downside of being a household name when it comes to gunfighting in the old wild west you also get a few very emotional aspects thrown in. you see j...( read more)immy ringo as a family man, a friend and most importantly a forgiving man who just can't get away from the trouble he started in his youth
  • January 25, 2008
    don't remember why I rented it, but a good fairy was leaning over my shoulder at that point. For some reason, it reminded me of a noir film, a doomed character who lived by the gun and now has to die by it unless love can save him. All these ex-out...(read more)laws look awfully ...( read more)like hard-boiled gangsters and this little town reminded me of these dark corners where Humphrey Bogart's early characters usually choose to die.
  • January 3, 2009
    this is a good western film. don't really watch westerns but this was good.
  • September 30, 2008
    I love when you wake up in the morning sometimes, put the tv on and a Western pops up on the screen. This was the deal here.

    There are so many Westerns that I would love to see one day, whether they be B-movie Westerns or critically acclaimed. It's a genre that I absolutely ador...( read more)e and want to expand my taste and horizon in.

    Anyways on to the movie. Gregory Peck plays a gunslinger who started something as a youth and built a reputation as a murderer and a very very bad man. When he stops by at a town to see his love and his son. Here we get to know more about Ringo (Peck) as a human being, a father, a husband and a good person and friend. It's quite a good movie that maybe seemed slightly outdated when the ending came but the idea is definitely a great one.

    There is this thing I realized with many old movies and that is that many feel as if they were rushed. Just the approach of it or maybe the fact that in this day and age we got used to Credits popping up while back then it was simply "The End".? I am not sure. Either way I don't want to spoil it because it kind of wraps up the movie nicely and the whole theme of what Ringo was about so you just have to watch it.

    Rent it, it's definitely worth it.
  • September 5, 2008
    I love this movie he plays bad so good!
  • August 28, 2008
    Intense, psychological western in the style of High Noon two years before High Noon!
  • May 16, 2008
    Love this movie, hate the fuckin punk bitch wannabe.
  • April 23, 2008
    wow so good i had never seen this ringo was great the way they made the gunman a great way to see the other side of the bad gunman i recommend this to theres love action even some comedy
  • April 9, 2008
    This was really good. I only gave it four stars, because the second half isn't as good as the first half. Kind of gets predictable, but the first half is very good.

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