Ride Lonesome (1959) on Netflix
Bounty hunter Ben Brigade takes the captured murderer Billy John to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Two outlaws and the station master's wife join the journey, while Billy's brother Frank follows.
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Plot summary
Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, has caught Billy John, a murderer wanted for hanging in Santa Cruz, and rides with him toward town. At a swing station he meets Sam Boone and his partner Whit, and Carrie Lane, the station master's wife, who orders the men away with a rifle. A stagecoach crashes into the corral, its driver and passengers killed by Mescalero Indians. Billy had sent his gang to tell his brother Frank what happened, and Frank is riding after them. Boone and Whit mean to take Billy themselves and claim amnesty for their past crimes. Brigade keeps the prisoner and continues the journey with Carrie.
Cast
- Bennie E. Dobbinsas Outlaw (uncredited)
- Dyke Johnsonas Outlaw (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ride Lonesome (1959)
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The original script killed off the characters played by James Coburn and Pernell Roberts, but Boetticher thought the actors too charming to kill. He told studio executive Sam Briskin he would shoot two endings, one with the deaths and one without, then filmed only the version where they lived.- Boetticher claimed that Randolph Scott was so impressed by Coburn's performance that the star himself suggested the newcomer be given more lines of dialogue.
