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The Tall Stranger (film)

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The Tall Stranger
Directed byThomas Carr
Screenplay byChristopher Knopf
Based onLouis L'Amour
(from a story by)
Produced byWalter Mirisch
StarringJoel McCrea
Virginia Mayo
CinematographyWilfrid M. Cline
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music byHans J. Salter
Color processColor by DeLuxe
Production
company
Walter Mirisch Productions
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • November 17, 1957 (1957-11-17)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Tall Stranger is a 1957 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo.[1] It is based on the novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour.

Plot

A Union soldier return 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.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Pitts p.342

Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.