| The Lusty Men | |
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| Directed by | Nicholas Ray |
| Screenplay by | Horace McCoy David Dortort |
| Based on | "King of the Cowpokes" by Claude Stanush |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald Norman Krasna |
| Starring | Susan Hayward Robert Mitchum Arthur Kennedy Arthur Hunnicutt |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production companies | Wald/Krasna Productions Spinel Entertainment |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million (US rentals)[2] |
The Lusty Men is a 1952 Contemporary Western film released by Wald-Krasna Productions and RKO Radio Pictures starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy and Arthur Hunnicutt. The picture was directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Jerry Wald and Norman Krasna from a screenplay by David Dortort and Horace McCoy, with uncredited contributions by Alfred Hayes, Andrew Solt, and Wald, that was based on the novel by Claude Stanush. The music score was by Roy Webb and the cinematography by Lee Garmes.
The film's world premiere was at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.[3]
- ^ "The Lusty Men: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ^ Thompson, Frank. Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910. San Antonio: Maverick Publishing Company, 2002.