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The Ride Back (1957)

NR 04/28/1957 (US) Drama, Western 1h 19m

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It Rides a Trail NO Western Ever Rode Before!

Overview

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

Allen H. Miner

Director
Oscar Rudolph

Director
Antony Ellis

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Anthony Quinn

Bob Callen
William Conrad

Sheriff Chris Hamish
Lita Milan

Elena
Victor Millan

Father Ignatius
Jorge Treviño

Border Guard
Ellen Hope Monroe

Little girl
Joe Dominguez

Luis
Louis Towers

Boy

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"The Ride Back" is a B&W Western from 1957 starring William Conrad (aka "Cannon") as a hard-luck Texas lawman sent to Mexico to bring back a charismatic man wanted for murder, played by Anthony Quinn.

Plot-wise, the film is reminiscent of another B&W 1957 Western, "3:10 to Yuma," but "The Ride Back" was released about 4 months prior to "3:10" and was adapted from a "Gunsmoke" radio program episode. Conrad played Matt Dillon on the radio show in the 50s and early 60s but was too short and portly for the TV version that premiered in 1955 with James Arness starring... read the rest.

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