The Tall T (1957)

Directed by

Budd Boetticher

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 150 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former ranch foreman and a young heiress are taken hostage by a trio of ruthless outlaws in a remote stagecoach station. The captors demand a ransom, leading to a standoff where loyalties are tested and violence threatens.

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What happens

The Tall T is a 1957 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, and Maureen O'Sullivan. Adapted by Burt Kennedy from the 1955 short story "The Captives" by Elmore Leonard, the film is about an independent former ranch foreman who is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by three ruthless outlaws. In 2000, The Tall T was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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