The Outlaw (1943)

Best Films of 1943 (25 movies items)

"Howard Hughes' second and last movie directed by Howard Hughes. The story is classic wild west fare with the added sumptuous Jane Russell as Rio."

Films Condemned by the Legion of Decency (75 movies items)

"Western film showcasing Jane Russell, hugely controversial for its prominent, salacious display of her body and breasts. Howard Hughes production was filmed in 1940, released in 1943, then withdrawn and tried for indecency by Judge Twain Michelsen. Not widely released until 1946, with a statement from Michelsen saying: "We have seen Jane Russell. She is an attractive specimen of American womanhood. God made her what she is.""

The 101 Most Controversial Films of All-Time (101 movies items)

" Busty starlet Jane Russell's breasts cast a long shadow over this erotically-charged Western, outraging guardians of public decency."

Pioneers (49 movies items)

" First mainstream film by a powerful Hollywood director (Howard Hughes) to defy the Hays Code."

3003 Movies Into the New Age!!!...so far? (3003 movies items)

"Directed by Howard Hughes (and Howard Hawks) "

10 Memorable Movie Poster Controversies (10 movies items)

" Comment: The queen mother of all controversial posters — and movies — was The Outlaw, Howard Hughes’s 1943 Western vehicle for actress Jane Russell and her rather prominent bust. In those pre-MPAA days, Hughes (who produced and directed, along with an uncredited Howard Hawks) had to battle the Hays Office, which demanded the removal of several shots in the film that violated the Motion Picture Production Code by lingering on Miss Russell’s bosom. The film became a cause célèbre, wh"

The Most Controversial Films of All-Time (83 movies items)

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