The Tall T

Directed by Budd Boetticher
Not Rated
1957    77mWestern, Thriller
7.3100%82%7.0
An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
  • Randolph ScottPat Brennan / Associate Producer
  • Richard BooneFrank Usher
  • Maureen O'SullivanDoretta Mims
  • Arthur HunnicuttEd Rintoon
  • Skip HomeierBilly Jack
  • Henry SilvaChink
  • John HubbardWillard Mims
  • Robert BurtonTenvoorde
  • Robert AndersonJace (uncredited)
  • Dick JohnstoneTownsman (uncredited)
  • Ann KundeTownswoman (uncredited)
  • Christopher OlsenJeff (uncredited)
  • Fred ShermanHank Parker (uncredited)
  • Budd BoetticherDirector
  • Burt KennedyScreenplay
  • Harry Joe BrownProducer
  • Frank TuttleSet Decoration
  • George BrooksArt Direction
  • Charles Lawton Jr.Director Of Photography
  • Sam NelsonAssistant Director
  • WindUpFebruary 9, 2025
    Terrific complex, moody psychological western, and my favorite of the Boetticher-Scott films. The eastern Sierra Alabama Hills scenery is gorgeous. The Criterion edition is the one to see.
  • tzitzikMay 9, 2026
    Outdated so say the least, but that’s to be expected. I found the romance to be unnecessary. But everything else? The writing, the acting, the landscape. Beautiful. Really captured what would’ve been the west back then.

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