Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Ride the High Country
1962
****
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan

Peckinpah's second film is a subdued, melancholic Western about two ex-marshals who now make a living protecting a gold shipment. Like his masterpiece The Wild Bunch, this is a moving story of aging men who are becoming obsolete. Randolph Scott's final performance.