RKO Radio Pictures
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Tall in the Saddle
WAYNE PACKS A WALLOP...In Action...In Love!
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
- Original title
- Tall in the Saddle
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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drystyx
Apr 10, 2023 · via TMDB
This is an ideal Western. John Wayne is tall in the saddle. He travels East to wild West, and is not backing down from trouble. What really makes this film is Ella Raines as a super hot love interest. I may be spoiling that, because another woman enters first, quietly and very lady like, while Ella enters like a wildcat, but a beautiful wildcat that any man would want. A lot of emotion, mostly from Ella, with the Duke being sort of a straight man with mostly calmness, his character a bit shocked by all the emotion and danger, but never backing down.
John Chard
Mar 21, 2020 · via TMDB
I like grumpy old cusses. Hope to live long enough to be one. Tall in the Saddle is directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Michael Hogan, Paul Fix and Gordon Ray Young. It stars John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George 'Gabby' Hayes and Audrey Long. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Robert De Grasse. Ranch hand Rocklin (Wayne) arrives in town to start his new job but finds his employer has been murdered and the locals are all a bit too shifty for comfort... Hee, the title is rather appropriate given Duke Wayne's stature, and yet it's a title that doesn't really do justice to the pic as a whole. The plot has some nifty complexities, where simmering passions blend with a murder mystery and crooked shenanigans. Marin directs at a clip, never once letting the narrative sink into tedium. The action is fruity, where in spite of some crude era back projection work, fist fights, gun play and chases keep things on the boil. Raines is socko sexy (how nice she's not token fodder either), which acts as a counter point with Long's homely beauty, while Wayne does his thang with iconic rewards. Gorgeous photography seals the deal here, both with the Calif locations frames and the monochrome shadings, for what is ultimately a hugely enjoyable 40s Oater. 7/10
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John Wayne
Rocklin
Ella Raines
Arleta 'Arly' Harolday
Ward Bond
'Judge' Robert Garvey
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Dave
Audrey Long
Clara Cardell
Elisabeth Risdon
Miss Elizabeth Martin
Donald Douglas
Harolday
Paul Fix
Bob Clews
Russell Wade
Clint Harolday
Emory Parnell
Sheriff Jackson
Raymond Hatton
Zeke
Harry Woods
George Clews
Frank Puglia
Talo (uncredited)
Clem Bevans
Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
Victor Adamson
Townsman (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Wells Fargo Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Ab Jenkins (uncredited)
George Chandler
Saddle Maker (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Train Station Master (uncredited)
William Desmond
Townsman (uncredited)
Russell Hopton
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Ben Johnson
Townsman (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Cap - Bartender (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Servant (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Doc Riding (uncredited)
Frank Orth
'Shorty' Davis (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Pat Foster (uncredited)
William Steele
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Townsman (uncredited)
Eddy Waller
Santa Inez Depot Master (uncredited)
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Eugene Joseff
Other
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Fred Graham
Stunt Double
Ben Johnson
Stunts
Edwin L. Marin
Director
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Paul Fix
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Sep 29, 1944
