Ride the High Country

1962 film by Sam Peckinpah
Movie film Q2140150
Ride the High Country
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Ride the High Country

Summary

Ride the High Country is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ride the High Country's image is recorded as Ride the High Country Poster.jpg[3].
  • Ride the High Country's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Ride the High Country's director is recorded as Sam Peckinpah[5].
  • Ride the High Country's screenwriter is recorded as Sam Peckinpah[6].
  • Ride the High Country's screenwriter is recorded as William Roberts[7].
  • Ride the High Country's screenwriter is recorded as Norris B. Stone[8].
  • Ride the High Country's composer is recorded as George Bassman[9].
  • Ride the High Country's genre is recorded as Western film[10].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Randolph Scott[11].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Joel McCrea[12].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Mariette Hartley[13].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Edgar Buchanan[14].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as L. Q. Jones[15].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as John Davis Chandler[16].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Warren Oates[17].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as R. G. Armstrong[18].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as James Drury[19].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as John Anderson[20].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Percy Helton[21].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Don Brodie[22].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Frank Hagney[23].
  • Ride the High Country's cast member is recorded as Byron Foulger[24].
  • Ride the High Country's producer is recorded as Richard E. Lyons[25].
  • Ride the High Country's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 224738287[26].
  • Ride the High Country's GND ID is recorded as 105910136X[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Ride the High Country's producer is recorded as Richard E. Lyons[25]. Its director is recorded as Sam Peckinpah[5]. Screenwriters include Sam Peckinpah[6], William Roberts[7], and Norris B. Stone[8]. Cast members include Randolph Scott[11], Joel McCrea[12], Mariette Hartley[13], Edgar Buchanan[14], L. Q. Jones[15], and John Davis Chandler[16].

Publication

Ride the High Country's publication date is recorded as +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z[28]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[29]. Its genre is recorded as Western film[10]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[30].

Subject and Themes

Ride the High Country's main subject is recorded as old age[31].

Reception

Reviews include 8.3/10[32] and 89%[33].

Why It Matters

Ride the High Country ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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