Symbols of a waning era who eventually clash over right and wrong, Messrs. McCrea and Scott mesh perfectly, with the latter getting the drollest lines -- and there are plenty.

Peckinpah was always more of a romantic than most people realized and with 'Ride the High Country' he delivered a lovely western and an American classic.

A revisionist western in which Peckinpah solidifies his style by demystifying the codes of the genre to dialogue about the friendship, loyalty and betrayal of decadent cowboys, but which lacks a bit of narrative gunpowder. [Full review in Spanish]

Joel McCrea's character is as inspiring as any of the pillars of virtue played by Gary Cooper or John Wayne -- when he states that his only wish is to enter my House i.e., Heaven justified, it can bring a tear to the eye.