ride lonesome (budd boetticher, 1959)

Low-key B-Western, one of a series Budd Boetticher made with Randolph Scott in the 50s. You can read a lot into Scott's character and how he plays him ... like a precursor to The Man With No Name only he has a conscience. Boetticher is concise ... there aren't a lot of frills in Ride Lonesome. I understand why it is highly regarded by some, but compared to Rio Bravo, which came out the same year, this is just a bottom half of a double bill. With Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, and in his film debut, James Coburn.