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1955
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100% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 83% Audience Score 250+ Ratings In the American West of the 1950s, talented rodeo rider Jeff McCloud (Robert Mitchum) quits after an injury. Returning to his hometown...
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- Susan Hayward
- Nicholas Ray
- Wald/Krasna Productions
"The Lusty Men" is one of my all-time favorites and certainly one of Nicholas Ray's best. I love the strange and subtle relationship between Robert Mitchum's Jeff McCloud, Susan Hayward's Louise Merrit, and Arthur Kennedy's Wes Merrit.
A masterpiece by Nicholas Ray -- perhaps the most melancholy and reflective of his films. Full Review | Jan 1, 2000. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of...
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The Lusty Men: Directed by Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish. With Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt. 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.
- (3.7K)
- Action, Drama, Sport
- Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish
- 1952-10-24
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film held a 100% approval rating in 2022 based on reviews from 15 critics, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. In 1985 Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader called it a "masterpiece by Nicholas Ray—perhaps the most melancholy and reflective of his films (1952)."
Nicholas Ray makes Western machismo into melodrama in “The Lusty Men.” As in “Rebel Without a Cause” and “In a Lonely Place,” the director here uses high emotion and theatricality in service of dismantling the stiff upper lip of masculine expectation.
Aug 29, 2013 · Nick Ray understood character and psychological pressures better than almost any of his contemporaries, and The Lusty Men was one of his happiest breaks: sympathetic producers, a great...
