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The Tall T (1957) (DVD) (*)

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Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
74 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Budd Boetticher

Written By:
Elmore Leonard
Burt Kennedy

Actors:
Randolph Scott ..... Pat Brennan
Richard Boone ..... Frank Usher
Maureen O'Sullivan ..... Doretta Mims
Arthur Hunnicutt ..... Ed Rintoon
Skip Homeier ..... Billy Jack
Henry Silva ..... Chink
John Hubbard ..... Willard Mims
Robert Burton ..... Tenvoorde
Fred Sherman ..... Hank Parker
Christopher Olsen ..... Jeff

Synopsis:

Perhaps the grittiest and grimmest of the Randolph Scott-Budd Boetticher collaborations, The Tall T was adapted by Burt Kennedy from the Elmore Leonard short story The Captive. Scott plays a former ranch foreman who, along with newlyweds Maureen O'Sullivan and John Hubbard, is held hostage at a deserted stagecoach station by ruthless bandit Richard Boone and his henchmen Henry Silva and Skip Homeier. Since we already know that Boone has no qualms about killing a freckle-faced 10 year old boy, we shudder to think of what's in store for Scott and his fellow captives once Boone carries out his plan to rob the next stagecoach. In Boetticher's time-honored Mexican Standoff fashion, Scott bargains with Boone for the life of O'Sullivan, but his efforts are undercut by Hubbard's cowardly treachery. The film's sparse, carefully controlled tension level bursts into full-out bloodshed only minutes before the final fade-out. Curiously, the title The Tall T is never explained at any time; certainly the "T" doesn't refer to Randolph Scott, whose character name is Pat Brennan.

Having lost his horse in a bet, Pat Brennan hitches a ride with a stagecoach carrying newlyweds, Willard and Doretta Mims. At the next station the coach and its passengers fall into the hands of a trio of outlaws headed by a man named Usher. When Usher learns that Doretta is the daughter of a rich copper-mine owner, he decides to hold her for ransom. Tension builds over the next 24 hours as Usher awaits a response to his demands and as a romantic attachment grows between Brennan and Doretta.

In the aftermath of a stage holdup, a duo is held hostage, and one is gradually drawn into a delicate game of wills with the bandit leader.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 November, 2020.