Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave, and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive in an uncertain time. In a place without rules and redefine the meaning of bravery and honor.
Cinematography
Frederick Elkins shoots winter warfare like a haunted memory.
Acting
Jeffrey Wright's silent, simmering Holt steals every scene.
Direction
Lee finds tenderness in brutality — his signature move.
Director
Ang Lee
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
Matthew Faber
Turner Rawls
Stephen Mailer
Babe Hudspeth
John Ales
Quantrill
Zach Grenier
Mr. Evans
Margo Martindale
Wilma Brown
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jewel's film debut — she learned blacksmithing and 1860s cooking for the role, and critics were genuinely surprised.
The Missouri-Kansas 'Border War' was essentially a localized ethnic cleansing that mainstream Civil War narratives often ignore; Lee insisted on this specificity.
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