Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Mariette Hartley. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, and Warren Oates. Written by N. B. Stone Jr., the film is about an ex-lawman who is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory, unaware that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him. The movie was filmed in the Inyo National Forest in California. The music score was composed by George Bassman. The film received a BAFTA Award Nomination for Most Promising Newcomer (Mariette Hartley). In 1992, Ride the High Country was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film features Randolph Scott in his final screen performance.
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