Film Ride the High Country (1962)

Film “Ride the High Country” was a farewell for actors Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea in this 1961 western. McCrea’s character, Steve Judd, is hired to escort a gold shipment with his old friend, Gil Westrum, played by Scott. The trio encounters complications on the journey, including a religious fanatic’s daughter, Elsa. The film’s climax involves a shoot-out that brings resolution. “Ride the High Country” was released at the end of the western genre era and is considered an elegiac piece.
The MPAA Rating for “Ride the High Country” is NR. The film belongs to genres such as Western, Drama, Action, Adventure, and Crime. Director Sam Peckinpah would later revolutionize western films with works like “The Wild Bunch” and “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.”