

The Tall Stranger
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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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John Chard
March 3, 2020
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…

CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967November 30, 2025
“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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