The Tall Men (film)

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The Tall Men
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Screenplay bySydney Boehm
Frank Nugent
Based onThe Tall Men
by Heck Allen
(as Clay Fisher)
Produced byWilliam A. Bacher
William B. Hawks
StarringClark Gable
Jane Russell
Robert Ryan
Cameron Mitchell
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byLouis R. Loeffler
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • September 22, 1955 (1955-09-22) (Los Angeles)
  • October 11, 1955 (1955-10-11) (New York City)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,115,000[1]
Box office$12 million (worldwide)[2]

The Tall Men is a 1955 American western film, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Clark Gable, Jane Russell and Robert Ryan. The 20th Century Fox DeLuxe Color film was produced by William A. Bacher and William B. Hawks. Sydney Boehm and Frank S. Nugent wrote the screenplay, based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Heck Allen (as Clay Fisher). Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico.[3]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
  2. ^ "Top 20 Films of 1955 by Domestic Revenue". Box Office Report. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008.
  3. ^ "The Tall Men (1955) - Filming & production". IMDb.