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Ride the High Country (released internationally as Guns in the Afternoon) is a 1962 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Mariette Hartley. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, Warren Oates, and Ron Starr.
Mary Loretta Hartley (born June 21, 1940) is an American film and television actress. She is possibly best known for her roles in film as Elsa Knudsen in Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962), Susan Clabon in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), and Betty Lloyd in John Sturges' Marooned (1969).
After Ride the High Country, Scott retired from film at the age of 64. [35] A wealthy man, Scott had managed shrewd investments throughout his life, eventually accumulating a fortune worth a reputed $100 million, with holdings in real estate, gas, oil wells and securities. [36] He and his wife Patricia continued to live in Beverly Hills.
Justus Ellis McQueen Jr. (August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022), known professionally as L. Q. Jones, was an American actor. [1] [2] He appeared in Sam Peckinpah's films Ride the High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973).
Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he became best known.
In 1962, he was cast in a substantial role as a lascivious gold prospector in the early Sam Peckinpah Western Ride the High Country (1962) opposite Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea. On April 11, 1962, Drury played the title role in an episode of Wagon Train, "The Cole Crawford Story", (S5, E28).
Established in 2014 as Ride TV, the network was originally focused on equestrianism. After being acquired by Great American Media, the network relaunched as GAC Living and refocused on lifestyle programming targeting the southern U.S. —effectively assuming the former format of Great American Country after it was relaunched as GAC Family.
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Season 1 Episode 11: "Ride the Nightmare") as Adam; 1962 Walk on the Wild Side as Preacher; 1962 Geronimo as Jeremiah Burns; 1962 Ride the High Country as Elder Hammond; 1962-1969 The Virginian (6 episodes) (Season 1 Episode 3: "Throw a Long Rope") (1962) as Major Cass