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62% Critic Match
Ten Tall Men
“LUSTY! GUSTY! RARING TO GO!”
6.2 / 10• 1951• 1h 37m•NR• English
ActionAdventureComedy
Storyline
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.
Cast & Crew
Burt Lancaster
Sergeant Mike Kincaid
Lead
Jody Lawrance
Mahla
Gilbert Roland
Corporal Luis Delgado
Kieron Moore
Corporal Pierre Molier
George Tobias
Londos
Michael Pate
Browning
Robert Clary
Mossul
John Dehner
Jardine
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Willis Goldbeck's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ten Tall Men is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
