The Ride Back is a 1957 American Western film directed by Allen H. Miner and written by Antony Ellis.

[1][2] It was partially filmed in Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, California.

[3] It was produced by Robert Aldrich who called it "a good Western with psychological overtones".

[4] Lawman Chris Hamish is recruited to bring gunfighter Bob Kallen back for trial on unspecified charges.

[4] The basis of the storyline was the June 28, 1952 episode of the radio version of Gunsmoke with the same title also written by Ellis.