The Tall Stranger
6.4
“Savagely written by the author of "Hondo"!”
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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Cast
30 people
Joel McCrea
Ned Bannon
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Foreign Correspondent
Virginia Mayo
Ellen
Known for
White Heat
The Best Years of Our Lives
Barry Kelley
Hardy Bishop
Known for
The Asphalt Jungle
The Manchurian Candidate
Michael Ansara
Zarata
Known for
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
The Message
Philip Phillips
Will
Whit Bissell
Adam Judson
Known for
The Time Tunnel
The Time Machine
James Dobson
Dud
Known for
Flying Leathernecks
George N. Neise
Mort Harper (as George Neise)
Also in
Fort Massacre
Zorro
Michael Pate
Charley
Known for
Hondo
Tower of London
Leo Gordon
Stark
Known for
My Name Is Nobody
Fire and Ice
Ray Teal
Cap
Known for
Bonanza
Ace in the Hole
Phil Phillips
Will
Also in
Hot Shots
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Thomas Carr Director · Christopher Knopf Screenplay Louis L'Amour Author
United States release November 17, 1957 · Produced in United States · Languages English, German
Production
Walter Mirisch Productions
Production
Allied Artists Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Sweden · November 17, 1957
Theatrical
United States · November 17, 1957
Theatrical
Germany
December 5, 1958 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 29, 1958 · Theatrical
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