Rent Ride Lonesome (1959)
3.7 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 9min
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- Synopsis:
- Bounty hunter Ben Brigade (tall-in-the saddle Western hero Randolph Scott) is a man of action and honour. He ventures to California with prisoner Billy John (James Best), but has a mind to use him to lure an even bigger fish - Billy John's evil brother Frank (Lee Van Cleef). But at a frontier post the two find themselves in the middle of a Native American assault and are joined by the alluring Widow Lane (Karen Steele) who decides to accompany them on their perilous journey to Santa Cruz...
- Actors:
- Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Best, Lee Van Cleef, James Coburn, Bennie E. Dobbins, Roy Jenson, Dyke Johnson, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Boyd Stockman
- Directors:
- Budd Boetticher
- Producers:
- Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott
- Writers:
- Burt Kennedy
- Studio:
- col
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics
- Collections:
- 21 Reasons to Love..Modern Westerns, Top 10 Films of 1959
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/05/2018
- Run Time:
- 73 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with writer and film historian Jeremy Arnold
- The Guardian Interview with Budd Boetticher (1994, 95 mins): an extensive filmed interview conducted by film historian David Meeker at the National Film Theatre, London
- Martin Scorsese on Ride Lonesome' (2009, 6 mins): the renowned filmmaker discusses the influence of Boetticher's films
- Playing in the Open (2018, 14 mins): an audiovisual essay by Cristina Alvarez Lopez
- Isolated music and effects track
- Original theatrical trailer
- John Sayles trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): a short critical appreciation
- Image gallery: promotional stills and publicity material
- World premiere on Blu-ray
