The Lusty Men

(1952)

113 minutes

Western

Directed by Nicholas Ray and Robert Parrish
 
Cast:

Susan Hayward as Louise Merritt
Robert Mitchum as Jeff McCloud
Arthur Kennedy as Wes Merritt
Arthur Hunnicutt as Booker Davis
Frank Faylen as Al Dawson
Walter Coy as Buster Burgess
Carol Nugent as Rusty Davis 
Maria Hart as Rosemary Maddox
Lorna Thayer as Grace Burgess
Burt Mustin as Jeremiah
Karen King as Ginny Logan
Jimmy Dodd as Red Logan 
Eleanor Todd as Babs   

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Jeff McCloud is a talented rider that suffers an injury. He goes back to his hometown that he has not seen in many years. He finds a job at a nearby ranch as a hired hand where he becomes friends with the ranch hand named Wes and his wife Louise. Wes’s dream is to own a small farm and feels becoming a rodeo rider could help pay for his dream. Wes persuades Jeff to teach him all he knows, but Louise does not want Wes getting injured. The three end up working together and supporting Wes, not knowing what will come out of the situation.