1. The Lusty Men | Rotten Tomatoes
Synopsis In the American West of the 1950s, talented rodeo rider Jeff McCloud (Robert Mitchum) quits after an injury. Returning to his hometown, he gets a job ...
In the American West of the 1950s, talented rodeo rider Jeff McCloud (Robert Mitchum) quits after an injury. Returning to his hometown, he gets a job on a ranch. He strikes up a friendship with Wes (Arthur Kennedy), a fellow ranch hand who dreams of being a rodeo rider. Wes talks Jeff into training him, and joins the rodeo circuit with the reluctant approval of his wife (Susan Hayward). But when the two men start to disagree, Jeff returns to the circuit himself.
2. The Lusty Men (1952) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
A faded rodeo star mentors a younger rider but falls for his wife.
3. The Lusty Men (Web Exclusive) — Cineaste Magazine
The tense triangular relationship between Jeff, Wes, and Louise centers the film. Wes's sudden celebrity goes to his head, he forgets about his dream of a ranch ...
Produced by Jerry Wald; directed by Nicholas Ray; screenplay by Horace McCoy and David Dortort; suggested by Claude Stanush’s story; cinematography by Lee Garmes; edited by Ralph Dawson; sound by Phil Brigandi; art direction by Albert S. D’Agostino and Alfred Herman; music by Roy Webb; starring Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy, and Arthur Hunnicutt. DVD, B&W, 113 min., 1952. A Warner Archive Collection release, http://www.wbshop.com.
4. The Lusty Men (1952) - Constantine Gras
Jul 24, 2017 · A young man of talent is trained by an old timer. The young man goes on to achieve success but loses his roots and becomes arrogant. This ...
In A Lonely Place: once, twice, three times. Acrylics, 16x20 inch, 2000
5. The Lusty Men 1952 - The Silver Screen Oasis
May 21, 2024 · The Lusty Men. 1952. Dir. Fritz Lang. With Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt. Westerns and rodeos are not high ...
6. LONELY RODEO: THE LUSTY MEN (1952) - R. Emmet Sweeney
Feb 20, 2020 · Wes (Arthur Kennedy) and Louise (Susan Hayward) Merritt are saving up money to buy a house. Wes works on a ranch, but is lured into the rodeo by ...
October 14, 2014 The Lusty Men is haunted by the Great Depression. It’s about economic displacement, wandering the countryside to make a buck at podunk rodeos, and where the dream of owning a home …
7. THE LUSTY MEN: Never a Cowboy That Couldn't Be Throwed
Oct 29, 2015 · Ray declared that The Lusty Men "is not a Western." Indeed the film takes place long after the closing of the frontier, but its preoccupation ...
This essay on Nicholas Ray's The Lusty Men (1952) was written by Jonah Horwitz, Ph.D. candidate in UW Madison's Department of Communication Arts. A recently struck 35mm print of The Lusty Men, courtesy of The Film Foundation and the Academy Film Archive, will screen at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, at the Chazen Museum of Art. This screening is part of the Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen "35mm Forever!" series.
8. The Lusty Men (1952) - She Blogged By Night
Oct 16, 2014 · Wes, a few white lies and minor temper tantrums later, goes on the rodeo circuit, and Louise is forced to follow. For Louise, with her memories ...
“In any case, this film isn’t a Western. It’s really about people who want nothing more than a home of their own. That was actually the great American dream at the time, and in all the statistical questionnaires that ask what Americans aim for, 90% always gave the answer: ‘Owning a home of my own.’… Read
9. The Lusty Men (1952) Nevada (1944) | UCLA Film & Television Archive
Jul 9, 2011 · The Lusty Men, however, stands as masterpiece of post-war Hollywood featuring one of Mitchum's finest performances as a one-time rodeo champion ...
"A masterpiece by Nicholas Ray—perhaps the most melancholy and reflective of his films." -Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
10. The Lusty Men (RKO, 1952) - Jeff Arnold's West
Jun 22, 2013 · They are too posh, their diction is too Eastern and they don't quite cut it as a rustic Texas ranch hand and his ex-barmaid wife struggling to ...
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11. The Lusty Men (1952) starring Robert Mitchum - Knightleyemma
Oct 1, 2015 · After he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud (Mitchum), returns to his hometown after many years of absence. He signs on as a ranch ...
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12. The Lusty Men (1952) with Susan Hayward and Robert Mitchum
May 26, 2016 · Robert Mitchum is Jeff McCloud, a champion rodeo rider whose been injured by being gored by a brahma bull. Giving up the sport as a result of the injury.
A Fast Buck… A Fast Bronc… A Fast Thrill! Here’s another example of somewhat misleading advertising. Given the title of 1952’s The Lusty Men, you’d expect lots of romance, sexua…
13. DVD Savant Review: The Lusty Men
Dec 10, 2014 · Washed-up rodeo star Jeff McCloud (Robert Mitchum) drifts back to the ranch house where he was born and falls in with impoverished ranch hand ...
A DVD review by Glenn Erickson (DVD Savant) of the film The Lusty Men.
14. The Lusty Men (1952) critic reviews on MUBI
In his moving performance in The Lusty Men (1952), one of Nicholas Ray's most beautiful and underrated films, Mitchum plays a has-been rodeo cowboy who ends up ...
Critic reviews for the film: 'The Lusty Men (1952)'
15. The Lusty Men (1952) Nicholas Ray | Twenty Four Frames
Aug 12, 2011 · Ray goes on to reveal the unglamorous underbelly side of the rodeo world depicting it filled with damaged, rowdy losers whose winnings, if there ...
Nicholas Ray was a visual poet, using the camera like a paintbrush, each stroke expressively revealing an idea or making an enduring impression. In film after film, we see Ray’s camera articu…
16. The Lusty Men | film by Ray [1952] - Britannica
Other articles where The Lusty Men is discussed: Nicholas Ray: Films of the early 1950s: …noteworthy efforts, the deeply melancholic The Lusty Men (1952), ...
Other articles where The Lusty Men is discussed: Nicholas Ray: Films of the early 1950s: …noteworthy efforts, the deeply melancholic The Lusty Men (1952), in which Robert Mitchum brought his characteristic stoic grace to a memorable portrayal of a world-weary retired rodeo champion who is smitten with the underappreciated wife (Susan Hayward) of the ranch hand (Arthur Kennedy) he trains in the art of rodeo.
17. The Lusty Men (1952) - Filmaffinity
The Lusty Men is a film directed by Nicholas Ray with Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt, Frank Faylen .... Year: 1952.
Genre: Drama | Synopsis: When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. He signs on as a hired hand with a local ranch, where he befriends fellow ranch hand Wes ...
18. The Lusty Men (1952) - Out of the Past Blog
Oct 22, 2014 · The Lusty Men (1952) · "A strong back and a weak mind." - Jeff McCloud · Susan Hayward about to kick some butt. Literally. · Robert Mitchum in ...
The reality of rodeo life is explored in Nicholas Ray's The Lusty Men (1952). Great imagery, scenery and acting. Plus lots of Robert Mitchum.
19. The Lusty Men (1952) directed by Nicholas Ray • Reviews, film + cast
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 ...
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.