Buchanan Rides Alone

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Buchanan Rides Alone

1958,

1h 18m,

Western

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Journeying from Mexico back home to West Texas, mercenary Tom Buchanan takes a break for the night in the border town of Agry. He soon discovers that almost every resident -- from the crooked sheriff to the shifty-eyed innkeeper -- is a member of the prominent Agry family. When Buchanan defends Juan de la Vega, a young man about to be lynched for shooting the town drunk, he himself is accused of murder and must struggle to escape town alive.

Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

Oct 25, 2023

4/5

Scott is great, but it's the supporting cast is what makes the movie. Kind of ironic when you think about it that "Buchanan Rides Alone" should be accompanied by so many names.

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Michael Barrett

PopMatters

Sep 13, 2023

...that makes sense in light of darkly humorous moments like Pecos’ eulogy for the man he shot. Those have the Kennedy touch...

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jul 23, 2023

3.5/4

This one’s a lot of fun.

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Ian Kane

Epoch Times

Mar 29, 2023

3.5/5

“Buchanan Rides Alone” is one of the more engaging films of Randolph Scott’s later career and a great watch

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Aug 10, 2011

Dark comedy gem in which the hero cleans up one of the most corrupt towns in Western history.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Nov 6, 2008

This is a lighter effort than usual, with more of a male bonding angle. It's also the most needlessly complicated of the series.

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Hagrid S

Feb 9, 2019

A great Randolph Scott Western. One of the 'Good verses Evil' movies that holly wood used to produce. Buchanan finds himself alone against a town owned by the corrupt Agry family. He struggles against the Agry's, using the brother's mutual dislike and suspicion between the brothers, with the help from a few friends he makes alone the way, to avoid being robbed & killed. Enough action along the way but not Clint Eastward spaghetti Western action packed and violent movie.

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Anakin L

Jan 4, 2017

The premise of this would work as a screwball comedy. It gets so complicated with the various factions fighting amongst themselves to get a $50,000 ransom that it tips into absurdity a little bit. It's pretty watchable though, I liked it.

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Budd Boetticher

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Randolph Scott

Tom Buchanan

Manuel Rojas

Juan de la Vega

Craig Stevens

Abe Carbo

Barry Kelley

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Synopsis

Journeying from Mexico back home to West Texas, mercenary Tom Buchanan takes a break for the night in the border town of Agry. He soon discovers that almost every resident -- from the crooked sheriff to the shifty-eyed innkeeper -- is a member of the prominent Agry family. When Buchanan defends Juan de la Vega, a young man about to be lynched for shooting the town drunk, he himself is accused of murder and must struggle to escape town alive.

Director: Budd Boetticher
Producer: Harry Joe Brown
Screenwriter: Charles Lang
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 1958, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 20, 2014
Runtime: 1h 18m

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