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"When you talk about great motion pictures you will talk about this one!"

1960 2h 30m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 69

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

“When you talk about great motion pictures you will talk about this one!”

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Cast

Robert Mitchum
Captain Wade Hunnicutt
Eleanor Parker
Hannah Hunnicutt
George Peppard
Rafe Copley
George Hamilton
Theron Hunnicutt
Everett Sloane
Albert Halstead
Luana Patten
Libby Halstead
Anne Seymour
Sarah Halstead
Constance Ford
Opal Bixby

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writers: Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
Languages: French, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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66 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, shot by Milton Krasner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bronislau Kaper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Editor Harold F. Kress shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Robert Mitchum and Eleanor Parker and George Peppard carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When you talk about great motion pictures you will talk about this one!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vincente Minnelli directs. Milton Krasner behind the camera. Bronislau Kaper scores. Harold F. Kress cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
266 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
4Directed by Vincente Minnelli, shot by Milton Krasner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bronislau Kaper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Harold F. Kress shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robert Mitchum and Eleanor Parker and George Peppard carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "When you talk about great motion pictures you will talk about this one!".
9IMDB entry: tt0053917 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 69 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.