Movie
The Lusty Men
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1952-10-24
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Wald/Krasna Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Susan Hayward as Louise Merritt
- Robert Mitchum as Jeff McCloud
- Arthur Kennedy as Wes Merritt
- Arthur Hunnicutt as Booker Davis
- Frank Faylen as Al Dawson
- Walter Coy as Buster Burgess
- Carol Nugent as Rusty Davis
- Maria Hart as Rosemary Maddox
- Lorna Thayer as Grace Burgess
- Burt Mustin as Jeremiah Watrus
- Karen Randle as Ginny Logan
- Jimmie Dodd as Red Logan
Crew
- Nicholas Ray - Director
- Horace McCoy - Writer
- David Dortort - Writer
- Alfred Hayes - Writer
- Andrew Solt - Writer
- Jerry Wald - Writer
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