Rodeo rider's marriage is endangered because of his commitment to the sport.Rodeo rider's marriage is endangered because of his commitment to the sport.Rodeo rider's marriage is endangered because of his commitment to the sport.
Harry Morgan
- Lew Hutchins
- (as Henry Morgan)
George D. Wallace
- Buster Cole
- (as George Wallace)
Christopher Olsen
- Boy
- (as Chris Olsen)
Murray Alper
- Medic
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Rodeo Spectator
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Rodeo Spectator
- (uncredited)
Archie Butler
- Cowboy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film, on its initial release, only played in 3D in one theatre - the Rialto in New York. The 3D craze had pretty much burned itself out by that time. The film did poorly at the box office and was released in a flat version.
- GoofsToward the end, when Harry Morgan jumps into the barrel, the bull knocks it over. Doing so, one of the four tires fell off. A few seconds later the four tires are intact.
- Quotes
Sylvia Lorgan: I know you're in a hurry.
Ruth Danvers: Don't flatter yourself I'm leaving because of you. To him you're just part of the noise out there.
Sylvia Lorgan: Sure I'm part of the noise. But I'm the kind of noise he likes.
Ruth Danvers: Why is it men always like things that are either illegal, immoral or fattening?
Featured review
Not bad, well acted, but dull rodeo footage bogs it down
I'd long wanted to see this and see it in 3D as it occasionally will show up at a 3D fest and because the director made such great use of 3D years later in Amityville Horror 3D. I ended up seeing a good print but flat on TCM.
The trouble here is Fleischer was really good with action but the rodeo footage seems to have been shot from very far away, with a few OK close ups of actors shot against projected footage. It's hard to put an actor on a fake horse and have it look at all real and those shots work well enough, but we are so far from the action so much of the time that in 3D or flat it just ain't exciting.
The story all takes place on one long day at the rodeo that is a little usual and Gig Young does well on horse or not. Henry Morgan probably has the best role, in real life he was a devoted horseman. The color process gives the film a more natural color than it typical of the 1950's but yes, the best action scene is the opening car scene and one scene late in the show I can't mention as it'd be a spoiler.
It's a sort of downbeat rodeo film dealing with the broken lives and loves involved in what is shown to be a job with no reward. Director Fleischer was on his way up at the time so this is a let down as you need exciting and dangerous rodeo footage and for whatever reason you just don't get it here. I sort of suspect they had to shoot at a real rodeo event and the cameras had to be in the stands and then later they shot a few inserts of actors to match the documentary footage. If this was the way it was done it was probably due to budget restrictions--too bad, if Fleischer had been able to do the action scenes the way he was easily capable of the movie might have the kick it needs. He does have a chance to convince you the actors are interacting with the dangerous animals in the sort of pregame aspects of the riding, but then when the real action happens, again we are way far away in the stands.
Barbara Lawrence looks the part and acts well as the femme fatale, all the dramatic scenes work well but....
Still it's better than Junior Bonner, another later Rodeo film, it may well be that you have to be there to really get a rodeo.
The trouble here is Fleischer was really good with action but the rodeo footage seems to have been shot from very far away, with a few OK close ups of actors shot against projected footage. It's hard to put an actor on a fake horse and have it look at all real and those shots work well enough, but we are so far from the action so much of the time that in 3D or flat it just ain't exciting.
The story all takes place on one long day at the rodeo that is a little usual and Gig Young does well on horse or not. Henry Morgan probably has the best role, in real life he was a devoted horseman. The color process gives the film a more natural color than it typical of the 1950's but yes, the best action scene is the opening car scene and one scene late in the show I can't mention as it'd be a spoiler.
It's a sort of downbeat rodeo film dealing with the broken lives and loves involved in what is shown to be a job with no reward. Director Fleischer was on his way up at the time so this is a let down as you need exciting and dangerous rodeo footage and for whatever reason you just don't get it here. I sort of suspect they had to shoot at a real rodeo event and the cameras had to be in the stands and then later they shot a few inserts of actors to match the documentary footage. If this was the way it was done it was probably due to budget restrictions--too bad, if Fleischer had been able to do the action scenes the way he was easily capable of the movie might have the kick it needs. He does have a chance to convince you the actors are interacting with the dangerous animals in the sort of pregame aspects of the riding, but then when the real action happens, again we are way far away in the stands.
Barbara Lawrence looks the part and acts well as the femme fatale, all the dramatic scenes work well but....
Still it's better than Junior Bonner, another later Rodeo film, it may well be that you have to be there to really get a rodeo.
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- HEFILM
- Oct 9, 2019
Details
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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