did. You just forgot it for a while, that's all." Judd casts a look back towards the high country and then dies. Cast Randolph Scott as Gil Westrum Joel McCrea as Steve Judd Mariette Hartley as Elsa Knudsen Ron Starr as Heck Longtree Edgar Buchanan as Judge Tolliver R. G. Armstrong as Joshua Knudsen Jenie Jackson as Kate James Drury as Billy Hammond L. Q. Jones as Sylvus Hammond John Anderson as Elder Hammond John Davis Chandler as Jimmy Hammond Warren Oates as Henry Hammond Byron Foulger as Abner Sampson (uncredited) Frank Hagney as Miner (uncredited) Percy Helton as Luther Sampson (uncredited) Don Kennedy as Policeman on Street (uncredited) Jack Kenny as Miner (uncredited) Michael T. Mikler as Hank (uncredited) Carmen Phillips as Saloon girl (uncredited) Production Peckinpah flipped a coin in the presence of a producer to see which leading man got top billing, Scott or McCrea. Scott won the toss. However, in the opening credits, both stars' names are shown in the same shot, so both Scott and McCrea received equal top billing. Filming locations 20th Century Fox Movie Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park, 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California Inyo National Forest, 351 Pacu Lane, Bishop, California Mammoth Lakes, California Merrimac, California Reception The film was released on the bottom half of a double bill. William Goldman says he spoke to an MGM executive at the time who says the film had tested strongly but they felt the film "didn't cost enough to be that good". According to MGM records, the film lost $160,000. Seen in a double bill with The Tartars, Bosley Crowther greatly preferred Ride the High Country, calling it a "perfectly dandy little Western" and "the most disarming little horse opera in months." According to Crowther: The two young people are quite good, especially Miss Hartley, a newcomer with real promise. R. G. Armstrong and Edgar Buchanan also contribute telling bits. We know little about the director and scenarist, but Mr. Peckinpah and Mr. Stone certainly have what it takes. And so, if anybody ever doubted it, do a couple of leathery, graying hombres named McCrea and Scott. Ride the High Country was hailed as a success upon its release in Europe, winning first prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The film's reputation has only grown in following years, with Peckinpah's admirers citing