The Ride Back

{{Short description|1957 movie}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Ride Back

| image = The Ride Back poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Allen H. Miner

| producer = William Conrad

| screenplay = Antony Ellis

| starring = Anthony Quinn
William Conrad
Lita Milan
Victor Millan
Jorge Treviño

| music = Frank De Vol

| cinematography = Joseph F. Biroc

| editing = Michael Luciano

| studio = The Associates & Aldrich Company

| distributor = United Artists

| released = {{Film date|1957|4|29}}

| runtime = 79 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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The Ride Back is a 1957 American Western film directed by Allen H. Miner and written by Antony Ellis. The film stars Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan, Victor Millan and Jorge Trevino and was produced by Conrad. It was released on April 29, 1957, by United Artists.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17731/the-ride-back|title=The Ride Back (1957) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=25 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-ride-back/2030127158/ |title=The Ride Back|work=TV Guide|accessdate=23 September 2022}} It was partially filmed in Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, California.Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). Western Filming Locations Book 1. CP Entertainment Books. Page 116. {{ISBN|9780692561348}}

It was produced by Robert Aldrich who called it "a good Western with psychological overtones".{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578066032/page/14 14]|title=Robert Aldrich : interviews|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578066032|url-access=registration|first=Robert|last=Aldrich|date=2004|publisher=University Press of Mississippi}}