The Tall Men (1955)
4/10
The Dull Men
22 November 2021
Some beautiful location photography, if you can make it to the second hour of this snoozefest. Alas, the first hour will test your patience. It offers super-annuated Clark Gable repeatedly posing in front of a green screen, and a couple of unbearably long stretches stuck in a cabin with Jane Russell. Was Howard Hughes in charge of production?

It takes nearly two hourss to finally get an Indian raid and a cattle stampede. Too little too late.

Somewhat of a twist near the end. Still not worth the long slog unless you just want to enjoy the Technicolor, which probably seemed a lot more amazing in the mid-1950s than it does today, I dunno.

Even Jane Russell's fabulous pair - or the foot fetish scenes - can't save this movie.
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