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The Tall Men [1955]
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A great start but it runs out of steam too quickly
Review date: 2006-10-10 Rating: 6 out of 10
The Tall Men has a great opening half hour, but once the snow clears it's pedestrian and overlong all the way despite the combined star power of Clark Gable, Robert Ryan and Jane Russell. The DeLuxe color is problematic throughout - the early scenes and studio footage look wonderful, but out in the wide-open country it tends to make everything on the cattle trail look bleached out and lifeless, the early CinemaScope lenses probably exacerbating the limitations of the system. Still, there's some great dialog and Ryan gets to deliver the definitive description of his co-star - "There goes the only man I ever respected. He's what every boy thinks he's going to be when he grows up and wishes he had been when he's an old man."
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Cameron Mitchell
Emile Meyer
Jane Russell
Robert Ryan
Clark Gable
Creators:
Clark Gable (Primary Contributor)
Jane Russell (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Cinema Club
Manufacturer: Cinema Club
EAN: 5014138302801
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-08-28
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 117 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1955
Language: English (Original Language)