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The Tall Stranger (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Tall Stranger' is a 1957 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo.Pitts p.342 It is based on the novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour.
Plot
A Union soldier return 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.
Cast
* Joel McCrea as Ned Bannon
* Virginia Mayo as Ellen
* Barry Kelley as Hardy Bishop
* Michael Pate as Charley
* Michael Ansara as Zarata
* Leo Gordon as Stark
* Whit Bissell as Adam Judson
* Ray Teal as Cap
* James Dobson as Dud
* Phil Phillips as Will (as Philip Phillips)
* George N. Neise as Mort Harper (as George Neise)
* Robert Foulk as Pagones
* Adam Kennedy as Red
* Jennifer Lea as Mary (as Jenifer Lea)
References
Bibliography
* Pitts, Michael R. 'Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films'. McFarland, 2012.
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