The Tall Stranger poster

The Tall Stranger( 1957)

TV-MAWestern
65%
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Savagely written by the author of "Hondo"!

Overview

A Union soldier returns to his western home at the end of the Civil War and finds himself caught in the middle of a land war between his greedy half-brother and a wagon train of Confederate homesteaders.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joel McCrea

      Ned Bannon

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      Virginia Mayo

      Ellen

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      Barry Kelley

      Hardy Bishop

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      Michael Ansara

      Zarata

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      Whit Bissell

      Adam Judson

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      James Dobson

      Dud

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      George N. Neise

      Mort Harper (as George Neise)

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      Michael Pate

      Charley

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      Leo Gordon

      Stark

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      Ray Teal

      Cap

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      Phil Phillips

      Will

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      Adam Kennedy

      Red

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      Robert Foulk

      Pagones

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      Jennifer Lea

      Mary

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      Stephen Carr

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      Leonard P. Geer

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      William Haade

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      Mauritz Hugo

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      George J. Lewis

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      Tom Lockwood

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      Tom London

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      Pierce Lyden

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      Don McGuire

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      John Mitchum

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      Ann Morrison

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      Guy Prescott

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      Ralph Reed

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      Danny Sands

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      Bob Stratton

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Mar 03 2020
    Routine plot - efficient in execution, but beware of pan and scan monstrosity. The Tall Stranger is directed by Thomas Carr and written for the screen by Christopher Knopf from a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Michael Ansara, George Neise, Whit Bissell, Adam Kennedy, Barry Kelley and Leo Gordon. A CinemaScope/De Luxe color production, film is filmed on location at two ranches in California, Morrison and Russell, with Wilfred M. Cline the cinematographer. Hans J. Salter scores the music. Plot sees McCrea as Ned Bannon, who has a run in with rustlers and left...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • land war