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Savagely written by the author of "Hondo"! - The Tall Stranger
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Title: The Tall Stranger

Release Date: 17 Nov 1957

Runtime: 1h 23m

Genre: Western

Director: Walter Mirisch Productions

Production Companies: Walter Mirisch Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (17 votes)

Cast

  • Ned Bannon: Joel McCrea
  • Ellen: Virginia Mayo
  • Hardy Bishop: Barry Kelley
  • Zarata: Michael Ansara
  • Adam Judson: Whit Bissell
  • Dud: James Dobson
  • Mort Harper (as George Neise): George N. Neise
  • Charley: Michael Pate
  • Stark: Leo Gordon
  • Cap: Ray Teal
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