Ten Tall Men

Ten Tall Men
Film poster
Directed byWillis Goldbeck
Screenplay byRoland Kibbee
Frank Davis
Story byJames Warner Bellah
Willis Goldbeck
Produced byHarold Hecht
StarringBurt Lancaster
Jody Lawrance
Gilbert Roland
CinematographyWilliam E. Snyder
Edited byWilliam A. Lyon
Music byDavid Buttolph
Color processTechnicolor
Production
companies
Norma Productions
Hallburt Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 26, 1951 (1951-10-26) (New York City)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.8 million (US rentals)

Ten Tall Men is a 1951 American adventure film starring Burt Lancaster about the French Foreign Legion during the Rif War in Morocco. Though co-written and directed by Willis Goldbeck, Goldbeck walked off the film due to disputes with Lancaster (whose own company, Norma Productions, produced the film) with the movie being completed by Robert Parrish. Credited as an associate producer, Robert Aldrich was a production manager on the film where he met Lancaster, which led him to direct Vera Cruz for him. Robert Clary made his debut in the film as an Arab batman. Portions of the film were filmed in Palm Springs, California. The story was released as a Fawcett Movie Comic #16 in April 1951.