Ten Tall Men
Dir: Willis Goldbeck
1951
**
Ten Tall Men is part gong-ho French Foreign Legion adventure and part Abbott & Costello comedy but not as good as either. It's dated, really dated. The problems encountered behind the scenes might explain some of what is wrong with the picture but nothing can really excuse the terrible script. Compare it to some of the other films released at the same time; A Streetcar named Desire, The African Queen, Strangers on a Train, Ace in the Hole, The Lavender Hill Mob, to name but a few, and I wonder if the content was dated even then. It is not without charm however, I really like Robert Clary for instance and the supporting roles from the motley crew made up of John Dehner, George Tobias, Nick Dennis and Mike Mazurki were welcome light relief when the story got a little too serious for its own good.