Riding The High Country

Year: 1962

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Peckinpah

Review

quite an enjoyable peckinpah film that differs enormously in tone from ‘bring me the head of alfredo garcia.’ joel mccrea and randolph scott have a great chemistry. scott brings humor while balancing his good and evil tendencies. mariette hartley is good in her debut. hartley was in attendance and said this was the film she was most proud of. i can see why. peckinpah gives a realistic portrayal of the spare life. he shows the men in their longjohns and even shows mccrea using an unusually small knife – it’s more about realism than toughness.

Watched in theater