

The Tall Stranger
Savagely written by the author of "Hondo"!
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.
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR17 Nov 1957
GermanyDE
- Theatrical165 Dec 1958
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG29 Aug 1958
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1517 Nov 1957
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The Tall Stranger was released on 17 November 1957.
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2- J6/10
John Chard
3/3/2020
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 Cali…
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CinemaSerf
11/30/2025
“Bannon” (Joel McCrea) is minding his own business when both he and his horse fall foul of some cattle rustlers who leave him for dead. Luckily he is picked up by a wagon train, and as he recovers he helps guide them to the perfect spot by the river for them to build their settlement. The snag for these pioneers is that the land has already been claimed and they aren’t welcome. “Bannon” has history with the landowner…
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