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Ride the High Country

An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Gil Westrum

Steve Judd

Elsa Knudsen

Mariette Hartley

Heck Longtree

Judge Tolliver

Joshua Knudsen

Kate

Billy Hammond

Sylvus Hammond

Elder Hammond

Jimmy Hammond

John Davis Chandler

Henry Hammond

Candy

Miner

Miner

Chet Brandenburg

Spieler

Rose

Abner Samson

Miner

Luther Samson

Jake

Policeman on Street

Miner

Spieler

Belle

Townsman

Charles McQuary

Hank

Michael T. Mikler

Pianist

Saloon Girl

Carmen Phillips

Dancehall Girl

Wes

Townsman

Chalky Williams

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Steve Judd Gil Westrum Elsa Knudsen Judge Tolliver Billy Hammond Sylvus Hammond Joshua Knudsen Heck Longtree Abner Sampson Luther Sampson Elder Hammond

Come on, kids!
Out of the street. - Ride the High Country

Come on, kids! Out of the street.

Stay out of the street! - Ride the High Country

Stay out of the street!

You got a good horse
there, cowboy, - Ride the High Country

You got a good horse there, cowboy,

Right this way, folks!
Come one, come all. - Ride the High Country

Right this way, folks! Come one, come all.

Shooting against you - Ride the High Country

Shooting against you

Where you been all these years - Ride the High Country

Where you been all these years

Well Steve it's easier than punching cows - Ride the High Country

Well Steve it's easier than punching cows

Must be something important - Ride the High Country

Must be something important

Well, what do you figure
we're going to do? - Ride the High Country

Well, what do you figure we're going to do?

I must say Mr Judd - Ride the High Country

I must say Mr Judd

Mr Judd we're familiar with your reputation - Ride the High Country

Mr Judd we're familiar with your reputation

The only law up there is too drunk - Ride the High Country

The only law up there is too drunk

The days of the Forty Niners are past - Ride the High Country

The days of the Forty Niners are past

The question is - Ride the High Country

The question is

Well, the contract's all right. - Ride the High Country

Well, the contract's all right.

That old man is Steve Judd - Ride the High Country

That old man is Steve Judd

Boys nowadays No pride no self respect - Ride the High Country

Boys nowadays No pride no self respect

Are you calling me a cheat? - Ride the High Country

Are you calling me a cheat?

Go get them, tiger.
You're doing fine, - Ride the High Country

Go get them, tiger. You're doing fine,

What do you think, Steve? - Ride the High Country

What do you think, Steve?

What's the matter, partner? - Ride the High Country

What's the matter, partner?

My name is Judd Steven Judd - Ride the High Country

My name is Judd Steven Judd

We're on our way to coarse gold - Ride the High Country

We're on our way to coarse gold

My daughter, Elsa. - Ride the High Country

My daughter, Elsa.

You can put your
horses in the corral yonder. - Ride the High Country

You can put your horses in the corral yonder.

Don't worry boy - Ride the High Country

Don't worry boy

There's a lot of truth
in those words, Heck. - Ride the High Country

There's a lot of truth in those words, Heck.

Heavenly father, we thank thee
for the food on this table. - Ride the High Country

Heavenly father, we thank thee for the food on this table.

You cook a lovely ham hock miss Knudsen - Ride the High Country

You cook a lovely ham hock miss Knudsen

Must be pretty lonely living up here - Ride the High Country

Must be pretty lonely living up here

You know,
it's a crime-- - Ride the High Country

You know, it's a crime--

Suppose-- - Ride the High Country

Well I'm not paying him 10 a day - Ride the High Country

Well I'm not paying him 10 a day

If my sleeping bothers you - Ride the High Country

If my sleeping bothers you

If my sleeping bothers you, - Ride the High Country

If my sleeping bothers you,

The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit - Ride the High Country

The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit

I promised the next
time you hit me, - Ride the High Country

I promised the next time you hit me,

"Receive my instruction, - Ride the High Country

"Receive my instruction,

In 30 years, you'll like
the feel of it, too! - Ride the High Country

In 30 years, you'll like the feel of it, too!

Pick that up - Ride the High Country

Dandy pair of boots you got here - Ride the High Country

Dandy pair of boots you got here

Kid you couldn't get close enough to Steve Judd - Ride the High Country

Kid you couldn't get close enough to Steve Judd

Plus possessing... - Ride the High Country

Plus possessing...

What more can a man expect - Ride the High Country

What more can a man expect

Our business is gold not girls - Ride the High Country

Our business is gold not girls

Do you remember old man Teaford? - Ride the High Country

Do you remember old man Teaford?

I guess you're an authority - Ride the High Country

I guess you're an authority

I guess your guess is as good as anybody's - Ride the High Country

I guess your guess is as good as anybody's

No! - Ride the High Country

When I questioned you about that boy - Ride the High Country

When I questioned you about that boy

That old man? - Ride the High Country

We're not here for romance. - Ride the High Country

We're not here for romance.

Lovely place.
Beauty spot of nature. - Ride the High Country

Lovely place. Beauty spot of nature.

I see our crochet
and garden society - Ride the High Country

I see our crochet and garden society

It's not too late.
You can change your mind. - Ride the High Country

It's not too late. You can change your mind.

Welcome to coarse gold! - Ride the High Country

Welcome to coarse gold!

If I want to - Ride the High Country

Mr Longtree was a perfect gentleman - Ride the High Country

Mr Longtree was a perfect gentleman

You come back and
see us real soon, now, - Ride the High Country

You come back and see us real soon, now,

Looks like you've got
a pretty good claim. - Ride the High Country

Looks like you've got a pretty good claim.

I got to clean up in here! - Ride the High Country

I got to clean up in here!

Henry First drink is best - Ride the High Country

Henry First drink is best

I'd hate to get married with my brother - Ride the High Country

I'd hate to get married with my brother

Drink to the bride. - Ride the High Country

Drink to the bride.

Better stand up, Judge. - Ride the High Country

Better stand up, Judge.

It's a civil marriage - Ride the High Country

It's a civil marriage

A good marriage has a kind of simple glory about it - Ride the High Country

A good marriage has a kind of simple glory about it

The glory of a good marriage - Ride the High Country

The glory of a good marriage

All right, girls, - Ride the High Country

All right, girls,

Ha ha ha! - Ride the High Country

Ah! - Ride the High Country

Where's Billy? - Ride the High Country

You stay here. - Ride the High Country

Hold it. - Ride the High Country

Where you going with my wife? - Ride the High Country

Where you going with my wife?

You can't take a wife
away from her husband. - Ride the High Country

You can't take a wife away from her husband.

Don't you forget it.
Ha ha ha! - Ride the High Country

Don't you forget it. Ha ha ha!

The marriage didn't work out. - Ride the High Country

The marriage didn't work out.

What are they doing there? - Ride the High Country

What are they doing there?

She stays here - Ride the High Country

Well, let's hope the court
lets her go with us. - Ride the High Country

Well, let's hope the court lets her go with us.

All right, gentlemen, - Ride the High Country

All right, gentlemen,

Easy. Sit up. - Ride the High Country

Ahh... - Ride the High Country

Sicker than a fat dog - Ride the High Country

Sicker than a fat dog

Yeah Partner do you know - Ride the High Country

Yeah Partner do you know

All I want is to enter my house justified - Ride the High Country

All I want is to enter my house justified

Thank you. - Ride the High Country

You're right, kid. - Ride the High Country

You're right, kid.

It all pointed
this way-- - Ride the High Country

It all pointed this way--

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An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

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Director: Sam Peckinpah

Writer: N.B. Stone Jr., Sam Peckinpah, William Roberts

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: drama, western

Year: 1962

MetaScore: 92/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 09 May 1962

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 2 nominations total

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