Ride Lonesome

"Scorching lead-hot action all the way!"

Feb 15 1959 Approved 1h 13m
Drama, Western

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.

Plot

A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post, where he saves the manager's wife from an Indian attack, and enlists the help of two outlaws to continue his journey more safely. However, the Indian attacks persist, the outlaws plan to take Billy for themselves, tempted by the offer of amnesty for his captor, and Billy's brother Frank is in hot pursuit to rescue him. But Brigade has plans of his own ...

Written by

Burt Kennedy

Directed by

Budd Boetticher

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, Ranown Pictures Corp.

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
7,030
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA