The Tall Men (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Tall Men


imdb_id = 0048691
writer = Heck Allen (novel) (as Clay Fisher),
Sydney Boehm (screenplay),
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay) (as Frank Nugent)
starring = Clark Gable,
Jane Russell,
Robert Ryan,
Cameron Mitchell
director = Raoul Walsh
producer = William A. Bacher, William B. Hawks
distributor = Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
released = October 5, 1955
runtime = 122 min.
language = English
music =
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"The Tall Men" is a 1955 western movie directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Clark Gable, Jane Russell, and Robert Ryan.

The 20th Century Fox film was produced by William A. Bacher and William B. Hawks. Sydney Boehm and Frank S. Nugent wrote the screenplay, based on a novel by Heck Allen (as Clay Fisher).

toryline

Ben Allison (Gable) and his brother Clint (Cameron Mitchell) journey to Montana in search of gold. They come upon wealthy businessman Nathan Stark (Robert Ryan) who they rob and kidnap before he talks them into becoming partners with him on a cattle drive to Montana. As they travel to Texas to buy the cattle, they come upon a party of settlers who share their fire and agree to slaughter a mule for food; as they leave the next day they realize the Indians (Sioux) are likely to attack the settlers and Ben heads back to see the last of the settlers being attacked by a war party and shots several of them. He saves Nella Turner (Jane Russell) who eventually joins them on the cattle drive. Ben and Nella have a fling while stuck in a cabin during a snow storm, but Nella rejects him as he "dreams too small" wanting to settle down to a ranch in his hometown whereas she sees that lifestyle as the road to unhappiness given her parents' experience. Arriving in San Antonio, Nella takes up with Stark(Robert Ryan), whose desire to make as much money as possible coincides with Nella's own ambitions. But when, at Stark's insistence, she accompanies him on the final trek to Montana, the friction between Ben and Stark erupts as the drive heads into dangerous Indian country.

Cast

Clark Gable ... Colonel Ben Allison
Jane Russell ... Nella Turner
Robert Ryan ... Nathan Stark
Cameron Mitchell ... Clint Allison
Juan García ... Luis, Allison's Head Vaccaro
Harry Shannon ... Sam, Cattleman robbed by Jayhawkers
Emile Meyer ... Chickasaw Charlie
Steve Darrell ... Colonel Norris, U.S. Cavalry (as Stevan Darrell)

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