The Tall Stranger (1957)

  • NR
  • 11/17/1957 (US)
  • Western
  • 1h 23m

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.

Thomas Carr

Director

Christopher Knopf

Screenplay

Louis L'Amour

Novel

Cast

Joel McCrea's headshot

Joel McCrea

Ned Bannon
Virginia Mayo's headshot

Virginia Mayo

Ellen
Barry Kelley's headshot

Barry Kelley

Hardy Bishop
Michael Ansara's headshot

Michael Ansara

Zarata
Whit Bissell's headshot

Whit Bissell

Adam Judson
James Dobson's headshot

James Dobson

Dud
George N. Neise's headshot

George N. Neise

Mort Harper (as George Neise)
Michael Pate's headshot

Michael Pate

Charley

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