The Tall Stranger
Savagely written by the author of "Hondo"!
NR 1957 · 83 min · ★ 6.5 · 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.
Directed by Thomas Carr · Written by Christopher Knopf
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Joel McCrea Ned Bannon -
Virginia Mayo Ellen -
Barry Kelley Hardy Bishop -
Michael Ansara Zarata -
Whit Bissell Adam Judson - J James Dobson Dud
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George N. Neise Mort Harper (as George Neise) -
Michael Pate Charley -
Leo Gordon Stark -
Ray Teal Cap - P Phil Phillips Will
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Adam Kennedy Red
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