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The Tall Stranger: Directed by Thomas Carr. With Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Pate. Back from the Civil War, an ex-Yankee officer aids a wagon train of former Confederates settle in a prosperous valley marred by cattle-rustling and land-grabbing feuds.
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- Western
- Thomas Carr
- 1957-11-17
The Tall Stranger is a good fast paced western that fans of the genre and fans of Joel McCrea will definitely like.
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Union vet Ned (Joel McCrea), gunned down by some tough cattle rustlers, comes to in a wagon train under the care of kindly widow Ellen (Virginia Mayo).
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Western
- Thomas Carr
The Tall Stranger is a 1957 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo. It is based on the novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour.
Dec 30, 2022 · Joel McCrea is Ned Bannon, the tall stranger. When he happens upon some cattle being rustled, he’s dry-gulched and left for dead. But he’s saved by members of a passing wagon train, made up mostly of ex-Confederates looking to start a new life in California.
But I'm not, 'The Tall Stranger' is entertaining and at just 81 minutes it's a pleasant watch but it is an average western with nothing to make it feel any different to the countless other westerns which were made during the 50s.
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A review by John Chard. 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.
