The Tall T

The Tall T

 Cast: Boetticher
Boetticher
, Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott
, Richard Boone
Richard Boone
, Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan
, Arthur Hunnicutt
Arthur Hunnicutt
The Tall T

The Tall T

 Cast: Boetticher
Boetticher
, Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott
, Richard Boone
Richard Boone
, Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan
, Arthur Hunnicutt
Arthur Hunnicutt

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Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date: 11/06/2012
UPC: 0043396413900
Original Release: 1957
Rating: NR
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Region Code: 1
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:18:00
Sales rank: 27,232

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
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
Robert Anderson Jace
Fred Sherman Hank Parker
Christopher Olsen Jeff
Budd Boetticher Actor
Dick Johnstone Actor
Heinz Roemheld Composer

Technical Credits
Budd Boetticher Director
Harry Joe Brown Producer
Elmore Leonard Screenwriter
Burt Kennedy Screenwriter
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