Ride with the Devil

1999 138 min ★ 6.4 Drama, War, Romance, Western

Friends Jake and Jack Bull join up with Civil War guerrilla fighters, yet after the realities of war set in, they must decide what honor truly means.

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Cast

Skeet Ulrich

Jack Bull Chiles

Tobey Maguire

Jake Roedel

Jewel

Sue Lee Shelley

Jeffrey Wright

Daniel Holt

Simon Baker

George Clyde

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Pitt Mackeson

Tom Wilkinson

Orton Brown

Jim Caviezel

Black John

Tom Guiry

Riley Crawford

Jonathan Brandis

Cave Wyatt

Details

Director

Ang Lee

Screenplay

James Schamus

Tagline

"In a No-man's Land between North and South, You didn't fight for the Blue or the Grey... You fought for your friends and family."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$635,096

Production

Good Machine, Universal Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

November 6, 2013

★ 10/10

I'd be bad meat – pretty well rotted to a glob. Ride with the Devil is directed by Ang Lee and adapted to screenplay by James Schamus (also producer) from the novel "Woe to Live On" written by Daniel Woodrell. It stars Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jeffrey Wright, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Simon Baker, James Caviezel and Jewel. Music is by Mychael Danna and cinematography by Frederick Elmes. "On ...

W

Wuchak

October 5, 2020

★ 9/10

_**Southern guerrillas along the Missouri/Kansas border**_ Released in 1999, "Ride with the Devil" is a Civil War tale focusing on Southern guerrilla fighters known as Bushwhackers, mostly young men who stage daring raids on Union forces and communities along the Missouri/Kansas border. The story includes Quantrill's infamous 1863 raid on Lawrence, Kansas, which his men burned & pillaged, murde...