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NO..Gloria...Mitchum was NOT a very nice guy! He was still in his 'wild days' when those films were made and I had heard it was his 'language and sexual remarks' that turned Susan 'off' from him. I don't imagine it was a very pleasant time for her, knowing they still had another film to make together. I do think Mitchum changed, in later life..and like you, I always liked him as an actor, but way up into the '60's he was sitll the 'wild child' in Hollywood. I think THUNDER ROAD was made in the early 60's and both he and his son were in that one..and both had a problem with drugs and the press.
I think Susan had her hands full when they worked together.
Thank you for coming on board and setting the record right, that it was MITCHUM not MATURE who called her..
'the old grey mare'...
