The Worst Film Ever

Fresh and Exciting

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I enjoy watching these colour 1950s westerns, more so now that they have been remastered in 1080p HD. This one is based on a novel by Heck Allen (as Clay Fisher).The cast performed very well, with Clark Gable and Cameron Mitchell as ex-confederate brothers seeking a better life after the Civil War, and Robert Ryan as a practical, intelligent businessman with big dreams. Jane Russell doesn't seem like an especially good actress, but she was okay for her role. The cinematography is beautiful to behold - director Raoul Walsh chose some ideal locations. The cost of making the movie was $3,115,000, a substantial amount for the time, and it made a profit with box office revenue of $6 million.

Cattle-driving Clark Gable meets Jane Russell and sparks fly. But, almost right away, they break up. Why? Well turns out Gable wants to live a simple, quiet life on a ranch of his own. Jane's not happy about that. She wants more out of life than her parents had. Gable's got small dreams, Jane's got big dreams. I want to stop right here and ask for a pat on the back for saying Jane Russell's got big anything without going into the gutter. Anyway, after they break up Jane wastes no time going for ambitious businessman Robert Ryan.Good but not great CinemaScope western that really should be a classic considering the cast and director (Raoul Walsh). Overlength doesn't help. It certainly looks good. Some of the reviews I've read here are overly harsh, I think. Gable, Ryan, and Cameron Mitchell are all solid. Jane Russell is sexy (duh) and gets to sing a fun song full of double entendres. She has nice chemistry with Gable, who looks about ten years older than his actual age at the time. Gable and Russell fans will enjoy it.

Romantic westerns are a subgenre in themselves - they aren't to everyone's taste as the reviews here show - but for me there is so much chemistry and fire between Clark Gable's Texan and Jane Russell's Nella that it's hard not to swept away with it all.The story is an epic one: a couple of bothers, ex-soldiers, rob an easy pigeon of $20 000, only to be offered instead the chance to earn five times as much by driving cattle the 1500 miles from Texas to Montana. As they head to Texas they rescue Russell. Russell is fun, feisty, and fiery as the woman who wants to dream big and won't settle for Gable with bigger fish available.I just love this movie - it has all the elements of the Hollywood western and there is a charm and ease to it that make it a great watch. All in all, with Russell's passing there are few of the old Hollywood left but with films like The Tall Men to remind us we can at least have a glimpse of their stature from a time when everyone went to the cinema all the time.

Salty, surly star-driven western about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, with would-be rancher Clark Gable vying with banker Robert Ryan for the hand of wisecrackin' Jane Russell. Good-looking, exceptional entertainment from director Raoul Walsh. Screenwriters Frank Nugent and Sidney Boehm adapted their script from a novel (credited either to Heck Allen or to Clay Fisher), smoothly intermingling jovial exchanges between the characters, Indian clashes, Mexican stand-offs, and Russell singin' in the wash-tub. Enjoyable of its type, nicely photographed by Leo Tover, with Gable giving a solid star-performance. **1/2 from ****