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The Tall Man (1960)

The Tall Man poster
Directed by
Tay Garnett, Sidney Lanfield, William Witney, Lesley Selander
Genre
Westerns on television
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 75 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows Sheriff Pat Garrett and the outlaw Billy the Kid in the New Mexico Territory. It shows their interactions with each other and with other historical figures from the late 1870s.

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What happens

The Tall Man is a half-hour American Western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired on NBC from September 10, 1960, to September 1, 1962, filmed by Revue Productions. Created and produced by Samuel Peeples, the series is set in New Mexico in the late 1870s and also depicts other figures of the period, such as John Tunstall and Lew Wallace. Sponsors included Beech-Nut Life Savers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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