Clark Gable and Cameron Mitchell are the brothers Allison, a pair of weary Confederate veterans in the Yankee country of Montana territory. Like Rooster Cogburn who robbed a Yankee paymaster for a fresh grubstake, the brothers decide to steal from Robert Ryan who's carrying a money belt with a lot of currency.
Ryan however takes them on as partners in a scheme he has to drive Texas cattle to Montana and start the cattle business there in the north country. On the way back the trio meet up with Jane Russell and a party of settlers. Later on Gable rescues her from the Sioux.
Gable and Russell get that chemistry going. But Gable just wants to settle down in his home town of Prarie Dog Creek, Texas. Russell is looking to escape from places like that. So her sights are turned on would be empire builder Ryan.
The guys and Jane have quite a few adventures on the drive back to Texas. It's been done before, in Red River, in Randolph Scott's film The Texans.
The Tall Men is a good action western. It doesn't have the grand sweep or the visual poetry that either of the other two films have. But it's a worthy addition to the works of director Raoul Walsh and the main players.
Ryan however takes them on as partners in a scheme he has to drive Texas cattle to Montana and start the cattle business there in the north country. On the way back the trio meet up with Jane Russell and a party of settlers. Later on Gable rescues her from the Sioux.
Gable and Russell get that chemistry going. But Gable just wants to settle down in his home town of Prarie Dog Creek, Texas. Russell is looking to escape from places like that. So her sights are turned on would be empire builder Ryan.
The guys and Jane have quite a few adventures on the drive back to Texas. It's been done before, in Red River, in Randolph Scott's film The Texans.
The Tall Men is a good action western. It doesn't have the grand sweep or the visual poetry that either of the other two films have. But it's a worthy addition to the works of director Raoul Walsh and the main players.