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The Tall Stranger

The Tall Stranger

6.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

20

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1957

Release Year

83 min

Runtime

Western

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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land war

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Reviews(2)

6.0avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

March 3, 2020

6
6/10

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

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 30, 2025

6
6/10

“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 t

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