Ride Lonesome
original movie poster
Directed by	Budd Boetticher
Produced by	Budd Boetticher
Written by	Burt Kennedy
Starring	Randolph Scott Karen Steele Pernell Roberts James Coburn
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	1959
Running time	73 min.
IMDb profile

Ride Lonesome(1959) is one of Budd Boetticher's series of westerns with Randolph Scott that began with Seven Men from Now. It is another variation on the same theme of an aging man (usually a former lawman) who finds himself in a situation where he must protect a married or widowed woman from threats including a likeable villain. Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most famous for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. ... Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most famous for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. ... Burt Kennedy (September 3, 1922 - February 15, 2001) was a American screenwriter and director known for mainly directing film Westerns. ... Randolph Scott (left) with Cary Grant George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987), generally known as Randolph Scott, was an American film actor whose career spanned the sound era from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. ... Karen Steele (b. ... Pernell Roberts (born 18 May 1928 in Waycross, Georgia, USA) is an American actor. ... James Coburn in Sam Peckinpahs Cross of Iron (1977). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most famous for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott. ... Randolph Scott (left) with Cary Grant George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987), generally known as Randolph Scott, was an American film actor whose career spanned the sound era from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. ... Seven Men from Now is a 1956 western film produced by actor John Waynes Batjac Productions A former sheriff, Ben Stride haunted by the killing of his wife who was killed in a robbery, vowes revenge on the seven criminals responsible that took off with a Wells Fargo lock...

In this case the woman is Karen Steele and the villain is Pernell Roberts. An added dimension is that Scott has a secret past and that he is transporting a murderer (James Best) for the reward ( which the likeable villain also covets) while being pursued by the murderer's brother Lee Van Cleef. Karen Steele (b. ... Pernell Roberts (born 18 May 1928 in Waycross, Georgia, USA) is an American actor. ... James Best James Best (born July 26, 1926, in Powderly, Kentucky) is an American character actor best known for his role as bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. ... Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef from a scene in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 - December 16, 1989) was a movie actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ...

This film marked the screen debut of James Coburn as Whit, the well-meaning sidekick of Roberts. James Coburn in Sam Peckinpahs Cross of Iron (1977). ...

External links

• Ride Lonesome at the Internet Movie Database