
The Lusty Men
1952, Western, 1h 53m
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Louise Merritt
Jeff McCloud
Wes Merritt
Booker Davis
Al Dawson
Buster Burgess
Critic Reviews for The Lusty Men
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Portrayed with Ray's usual sympathy for outsiders, the central threesome are decent, flawed romantics .
October 13, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
A somewhat slow starter, once underway it is kept playing with growing interest under Nicholas Ray's firm direction.
October 23, 2007 | Full Review… -
The story isn't much (the security of family life versus the rootlessness and danger of working as a rodeo rider), but the situation is rich in emotional resonances which Ray conjures into life convincingly.
June 24, 2006 | Full Review… -
The punch of the film is in its details of rodeo life as it is, and for this R. K. O. and Producer Jerry Wald have a dynamic film.
March 25, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
A masterpiece by Nicholas Ray -- perhaps the most melancholy and reflective of his films.
January 1, 2000 | Full Review… -
Mitchum is the most convincing cowboy I've seen in horse opry, meeting every situation with the lonely, distant calm of a master cliché-dodger.
November 25, 2020 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Lusty Men
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Mar 31, 2011this is one of nicholas ray's best films with a terrific performance by robert mitchum. i can't quite make out why i have never heard about this before. it might be the ridiculous title. anyway, a great gritty and realistic rodeo story. don't pass it upStella D Super Reviewer
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Dec 09, 2007spare tough little drama of the rodeo circuit. Fine performancesjay n Super Reviewer
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