High Lonesome is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film written and directed by Alan Le May, who also wrote the classic Western novels The Searchers, The Unforgiven, and numerous screenplays. High Lonesome was Le May's only directorial credit. The picture stars John Drew Barrymore (billed as "John Barrymore, Jr.") and features Chill Wills and Jack Elam. It is set in the Big Bend country of West Texas.