Ride the High Country (1962) starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Early in the 20th Century, two old lawmen (Scott and McCrea) team up to accompany a gold shipment from the mining camp to the bank. Hartley makes her movie debut as Elsa, a young woman who flees her tyrannical father to marry a miner who's been courting her. Only trouble is, when she gets to the mining camp and goes through with the marriage, she changes her mind after she sees how her "husband" lives. So there are two main conflicts in the film: One, the desire of certain men to get their hands on the gold, and Two, Elsa's husband's desire to get her back from the old lawmen, who are accompanying her back down the mountain. There are plenty of fist fights and lots of gun play to spice up this "modern" Western, and the ending is satisfying. It has good subtitles, as well as closed captions. Grade: B+
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