Extremely BORING (and I mean it) and slow Western, redeemed in the last 10 minutes by a serviceable, nice enough ending. Even the humdrum song sung by the noted actor Eddie Albert delivered a nice touch at the ending. Boring even though the famous Robert Aldrich is one of the producers, as is William Conrad, who also co-stars in it with Anthony Quinn. I can't repeat enough how BORING it is, save for the last 10 minutes. Very inexpensive black and white Western. Conrad is the lowly lawman who travels to Mexico to bring Quinn back for trial. After a lot of useless talk in Spanish and no action, Conrad takes his prisoner on the trek back. They encounter some Indians and a young orphan girl. It's just the two of them filling the screen most of the time. Did I say it was so BORING? Don't be fooled by the unanimous laudatory other reviews here. I know what the producers were aiming at. That was laudatory, but the execution was tedious IMHO.
Review of The Ride Back
