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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. This 1957 film stars Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, Michael Pate, Leo Gordon, James Dobson and Ray Teal.



The Tall Stranger (1957)
Released: 17 Nov 1957
Runtime: 81 min
Rated: APPROVED
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer(s): Christopher Knopf (screenplay), Louis L'Amour (story)
Actors: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara
IMDB Ratings: 6.3



Plot: Ned Bannon comes across rustlers and is shot and left for dead, but is found in time by a wagon train heading for California. When he recovers he becomes suspicious of the two outsiders who are leading the train into a dead-end valley owned by his hostile half-brother. Braving his relative's animosity going back to the Civil War, Bannon makes contact to try and avoid a showdown.