Film

The Tall T

The Run Down.

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 Frank 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 a romantic attachment grows between Brennan and Doretta. (IMDB)

Release Year: 1957

Source: Short Story

Director: Budd Boetticher

Written by: Burt Kennedy

Production: Columbia Pictures

Starring: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone

Runtime: 78 Minutes

The New York Times

Boetticher also had a very special secret weapon in his favorite star, Randolph Scott . . . Scott was nearing 60 when he made these movies, and he wore his age like an open secret.

— The New York Times