Western · United States of America · 1957 · 1h 23m

The Tall Stranger

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Director
Thomas Carr
Cast
Joel McCrea as Ned Bannon Virginia Mayo as Ellen Barry Kelley as Hardy Bishop Michael Ansara as Zarata Whit Bissell as Adam Judson James Dobson as Dud
Crew
Wilfrid M. Cline — Director of Photography William Austin — Editor Hans J. Salter — Original Music Composer Christopher Knopf — Screenplay Louis L'Amour — Novel Walter Mirisch — Producer
Tagline

Savagely written by the author of "Hondo"!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
land war
Key Collaborators
Thomas Carr Director Wilfrid M. Cline Director of Photography William Austin Editor Hans J. Salter Original Music Composer Christopher Knopf Screenplay Louis L'Amour Novel Walter Mirisch Producer
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