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Ride Lonesome (1959)

6.7 IMDb 90% RT
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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.

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Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Budd Boetticher

Genre

Western

Sub-Genre

Outlaw Western

Runtime

1 hour and 13 minutes (73 minutes)

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Editor's Notes

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Part of Criterion's Budd Boetticher Ranown Cycle set. Barely any standalone discussion since it lives inside a box set. S-Tier transfer of a 1959 western that mostly appeals to Criterion completionists and classic western fans who already know Boetticher's name.

noted Apr 9, 2026

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