Buchanan Rides Alone

6/28/2014

There's Aggro In Agry. Making his way home to Texas, Tom Buchanan stops off at the little town of Agry for rest and refreshments. Quickly finding that the town is run by the family Agry itself, Buchanan falls foul of one of them straight away. His problems are further compounded when he steps in to stop a young Mexican from taking a beating. Something that finds him on the end of a rope with things looking rather grim. How you fare with Buchanan Rides Alone may depend on how many (if any) Budd Boetticher and Randolph Scott collaborations you have seen prior. For this adaptation of Jonas Ward's novel "The Name's Buchanan" is lighter in tone than their other well regarded pieces. Not to decry this as a standalone picture of course, but although it's part of the "Ranown" cycle, it's a l

3/19/2022

_**A rare clunker from the Boetticher/Scott team**_ A mirthful gunman from West Texas (Randolph Scott) wanders into a border town in SoCal where feuding family members run the town (Barry Kelley, Tol Avery and Peter Whitney) and threaten to string him up for accessory to murder. Craig Stevens, Manuel Rojas and L.Q. Jones are also on hand. "Buchanan Rides Alone" (1958) is one of five Westerns from 1956-1960 written by Burt Kennedy, directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. The others are: “7 Men from now,” “The Tall T,” “Ride Lonesome” and “Comanche Station.” Two additional films omit writer Kennedy from the equation: “Decision at Sundown” and “Westbound.” A little cult has formed around these Westerns and most are first-rate despite some not having the biggest budget

2/1/2026

I think there might have been a missing “n” from the name of the town when “Buchanan” (Randolph Scott) arrives in “Agry”. He has hardly had time to tie up his horse when he’s accosted by the sheriff “Lew” (Barry Kelley) who makes it clear that he isn’t very welcome. Quite happy to take the hint, he heads to the saloon for a steak and a drink whereupon he is accosted by another of the “Agry” family, the sheriff’s drunkard nephew “Roy” (William Leslie). Before that set-to can settle down a Mexican lad storms in and shoots “Roy” in the gut. Now the bar is owned by the fairly hapless “Amos” (Peter Whitney) and he and the town boss/judge “Simon” (Tol Avery) are also, yep you’ve guessed, “Agry” family members too, so when they decide that “Buchanan” might have been involved in the killing both l