The Tall Stranger

"Savagely written by the author of "Hondo"!"

Nov 17 1957 Approved 1h 21m
Western

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.

Plot

Ned Bannon comes across rustlers and is shot and left for dead, but is found in time by a wagon train heading for California. When he recovers he becomes suspicious of the two outsiders who are leading the train into a dead-end valley owned by his hostile half-brother. Braving his relative's animosity going back to the Civil War, Bannon makes contact to try and avoid a showdown.

Written by

Christopher Knopf, Louis L'Amour

Directed by

Thomas Carr

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Allied Artists Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
970
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA