''The Tall Texan'' is a 1953 American
western film
The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...
directed by
Elmo Williams and starring
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, includi ...
,
Lee J. Cobb,
Marie Windsor and
Luther Adler.
[Hoffmann p.14]
It was the only film directed by Elmo Williams, who said he had 50% of the profits but gave it away to attract the star cast. He said the film made a lot of money but he "never saw a dime".
Williams says he asked producer
Robert L. Lippert for some extra money. "I thought we had a tag for a couple of thousand dollars", he said. "He said, 'I don't care if you have a beginning, a middle or an end- you're going to finish the picture now I'm calling back part of the crew.' And he did."
Plot
Sheriff Chanbourne (Samuel Herrick) transports convict Ben Trask (
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, includi ...
) to El Paso in a covered wagon. The wagon also carries sea captain Theodore Bess (
Lee J. Cobb) and married couple Laura (
Marie Windsor) and Jerry Niblett (Dean Train). The group comes upon a wounded Native American, banished by his tribe, who agrees to lead them to gold. But then the tribe attacks the wagon, killing Jerry and wounding Chadbourne. Ben is freed to help, but the group's troubles have only begun.
Cast
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Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, includi ...
as Ben Trask
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Lee J. Cobb as Capt. Theodore Bess
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Marie Windsor as Laura Thompson
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Luther Adler as Joshua 'Josh' Tinnen
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Syd Saylor as Carney
* Samuel Herrick as Sheriff Chadborune
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George Steele as Jaqui
* Dean Train as Jerome 'Jerry' Niblett
References
Bibliography
* Henryk Hoffmann. ''Western Movie References in American Literature''. McFarland, 2012.
External links
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1953 films
1953 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
Lippert Pictures films
American black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
English-language Western (genre) films
Films scored by Bert Shefter
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