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The Lusty Men

- A Fast Buck... A Fast Bronc... A Fast Thrill!

Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.

Release Date : 1952-10-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Wald/Krasna ProductionsRKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Robert Mitchum

Character Name : Jeff McCloud

Original Name : Robert Mitchum

Gender : Male

Susan Hayward

Character Name : Louise Merritt

Original Name : Susan Hayward

Gender : Female

Arthur Kennedy

Character Name : Wes Merritt

Original Name : Arthur Kennedy

Gender : Male

Arthur Hunnicutt

Character Name : Booker Davis

Original Name : Arthur Hunnicutt

Gender : Male

Frank Faylen

Character Name : Al Dawson

Original Name : Frank Faylen

Gender : Male

Walter Coy

Character Name : Buster Burgess

Original Name : Walter Coy

Gender : Male

Carol Nugent

Character Name : Rusty Davis

Original Name : Carol Nugent

Gender : Female

Maria Hart

Character Name : Rosemary Maddox

Original Name : Maria Hart

Gender : Female

Lorna Thayer

Character Name : Grace Burgess

Original Name : Lorna Thayer

Gender : Female

Burt Mustin

Character Name : Jeremiah Watrus

Original Name : Burt Mustin

Gender : Male

Karen Randle

Character Name : Ginny Logan

Original Name : Karen Randle

Gender : Female

Jimmie Dodd

Character Name : Red Logan

Original Name : Jimmie Dodd

Gender : Male

Eleanor Todd

Character Name : Babs

Original Name : Eleanor Todd

Gender : Female

Robert Bray

Character Name : Fritz (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Bray

Gender : Male

Lane Chandler

Character Name : 4th Rodeo Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Lane Chandler

Gender : Male

Dennis Moore

Character Name : Cashier (uncredited)

Original Name : Dennis Moore

Gender : Male

Marshall Reed

Character Name : Jim-Bob Tyler (uncredited)

Original Name : Marshall Reed

Gender : Male

Chuck Roberson

Character Name : Cowboy

Original Name : Chuck Roberson

Gender : Male

Glenn Strange

Character Name : Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)

Original Name : Glenn Strange

Gender : Male

Chili Williams

Character Name : Bit Part (uncredited)

Original Name : Chili Williams

Gender : Female

Sheb Wooley

Character Name : Gambler with Buster (uncredited)

Original Name : Sheb Wooley

Gender : Male

Emile Avery

Character Name :

Original Name : Emile Avery

Gender : Male

Barbara Blaine

Character Name :

Original Name : Barbara Blaine

Gender : Male

Hazel Boyne

Character Name :

Original Name : Hazel Boyne

Gender : Female

Buck Bucko

Character Name :

Original Name : Buck Bucko

Gender : Male

Roy Bucko

Character Name :

Original Name : Roy Bucko

Gender : Male

Bob Burrows

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Burrows

Gender : Male

Mary Jane Carey

Character Name :

Original Name : Mary Jane Carey

Gender : Female

Sam Flint

Character Name :

Original Name : Sam Flint

Gender : Male

Bob Folkerson

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Folkerson

Gender : Male

Clem Fuller

Character Name :

Original Name : Clem Fuller

Gender : Male

Slim Gaut

Character Name :

Original Name : Slim Gaut

Gender : Male

Roy Glenn

Character Name :

Original Name : Roy Glenn

Gender : Male

James Gonzalez

Character Name :

Original Name : James Gonzalez

Gender : Male

Chick Hannan

Character Name :

Original Name : Chick Hannan

Gender : Male

Don Happy

Character Name :

Original Name : Don Happy

Gender : Male

Riley Hill

Character Name :

Original Name : Riley Hill

Gender : Male

Mike Lally

Character Name :

Original Name : Mike Lally

Gender : Male

Frank Matts

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Matts

Gender : Male

Billy McCoy

Character Name :

Original Name : Billy McCoy

Gender : Male

John Mitchum

Character Name :

Original Name : John Mitchum

Gender : Male

Fox O'Callahan

Character Name :

Original Name : Fox O'Callahan

Gender : Male

Joe Phillips

Character Name :

Original Name : Joe Phillips

Gender : Male

Bob Reeves

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Reeves

Gender : Male

Rocky Shahan

Character Name :

Original Name : Rocky Shahan

Gender : Male

George Sherwood

Character Name :

Original Name : George Sherwood

Gender : Male

Bert Spencer

Character Name :

Original Name : Bert Spencer

Gender : Male

Jack Tornek

Character Name :

Original Name : Jack Tornek

Gender : Male

Ralph Volkie

Character Name :

Original Name : Ralph Volkie

Gender : Male

Dan White

Character Name :

Original Name : Dan White

Gender : Male

Sally Yarnell

Character Name :

Original Name : Sally Yarnell

Gender : Female

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

There never was a bronc that couldn't be rode, there never a cowboy that couldn't be throwed. Guys like me last forever. The Lusty Men is directed by Nicholas Ray and co-written by Horace McCoy and David Dortort from a suggested story by Claude Stanush. It stars Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt, Frank Faylen and Carol Nugent. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Lee Garmes. Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud (Mitchum) agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt (Kennedy) against the wishes of Merritt's wife, Louise (Hayward), who fears the dangers of this rough sport. All that and affairs of the heart start to become just as rough. Nicholas Ray picks up a love triangle core and sets it to the backdrop of the ferocious world of Rodeo. Pic is in turn touching and realistic, bringing strong human drama and splicing it with real life rodeo action - with the bull sequences quite something to behold. Ace cinematographer Garmes ("Shanghai Express/Nightmare Alley") photographs the rodeo sequences with a beauty that still manages to exude the harsh hum-drum life of the main protagonists out on the circuit. In reality we are following three characters on the road to destiny, actually lyrically so, this is no soap opera tale infused with action sequences. In fact location filming went out on the road to film real Rodeos (with genuine Rodeo stars strutting their stuff). This is three characters in search of an exit, a meaning in life, but naturally harsh lessons are to be learned before the day of reckoning can come. Super perfs, direction and photography, if it wasn't for the irritatingly repetitious use of the same music each time a "contestant" leapt out the stalls, then it would be a point higher. 8/10