Ride in The Whirlwind

– Three cowhands, between jobs, have the bad dumb luck to pitch night camp in the same valley as a cab..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 22 Minutes
Release Year:
1966
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

Three cowhands, between jobs, have the bad dumb luck to pitch night camp in the same valley as a cabin full of guys who just robbed a stagecoach and killed the guard. Come morning, a posse arrives, forms up along the ridge, and takes for granted that everyone down below is guilty--fit for either shooting to bits or hanging from a tree, whichever comes first. Precisely half of Ride in the Whirlwind's 82 minutes is devoted to tapping the matter-of-fact, absurdist horror of that situation. In the remaining half, the two surviving cowpokes (Jack Nicholson and Cameron Mitchell) seek shelter at a farmhouse where they reluctantly threaten the farmer, accept breakfast from his wife, flirt with his daughter (Millie Perkins), play some checkers, and hope to remain undetected till nightfall.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) - Trailer

Release Date:

11 Sep 1968

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

Monte Hellman

Writer:

Jack Nicholson

Main Actors:

Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Katherine Squire

Plot:

Wes, Vern and Otis are three cowhands on the way to a cattle drive. Coming upon what is to be an omen of their future... an outlaw hung by a group of vigilantes...the trio finds shelter at a cabin, only to discover that their "hosts" are men who have robbed a stagecoach and killed the guard. When an avenging posse attacks the cabin, Wes and Vern escape, only to find that they have become branded as 'outlaws' by the posse, who relentlessly pursue them.

Production:

VCI

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%