The Lusty Men (1952)

2025-01-13

We’re examining 5 DIRECTORS for January and for the third week we’re loaded up with our theme “NICHOLAS RAY 1952 to 1956”. Ray released 6 movies in that time period and we’re covering five of them. We start it off with a unique contemporary western starring Robert Mitchum ( a 100% Certified Official DAWG© ) and Susan Hayward who has us going like that wolf in the old cartoons. We’re discussing “THE LUSTY MEN” from 1952, Nicholas Ray’s very informative rodeo film that is rather spicy by classic Hayes Code standards. Rodeo man Jeff (Mitchum) is injured out of the game and comes home to where he grew up. There he meets Wes (Arthur Kennedy) and his wife Louise (Hayward). Wes knows about Jeff’s reputation and he’s got the rodeo fever much to his wife’s chagrin. Jeff coaches Wes but one competition isn’t enough and the three find themselves traveling the rodeo circuit where there’s glory to be had as well as groupies and plenty of sexual tension with other men’s wives. It’s pretty much that Garth Brooks song but sadder at the end, though not sad in the way we thought it was going to be at first. It should be noted that this movie was directed a few scenes by someone else while Nicholas Ray was sick. Probably boozing. Or maybe he tried to ride a bronco. Anyway, here's a link we found to the flick: https://archive.org/details/the.-lusty.-men.-1952.1080p.-webrip.x-264

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