Mccrea is a union officer wounded in battle, who joins up with a wagon train heading westward. One of the ironies of budd boettichers the tall t is that under different. In the early 1960s, just after he completed the rise and fall of legs. Adapted by burt kennedy from the 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. The tall t 1957 tt0051047 having lost his horse in a bet, pat brennan hitches a ride with a stagecoach carrying newlyweds, willard and doretta mims. With randolph scott, richard boone, maureen osullivan, arthur hunnicutt. The tall t is a 1957 film directed by budd boetticher.
Randolph scott rode tall in the westerns he mde with budd boetticher. Ive located a person who claims to have had obtained a copy of the film, but i cannot be sure that he has it. A matador and then a maverick moviemaker who shot classic b westerns. The bridge on the river kwai topped the years box office in north america, france, and germany, and won the academy award for best picture. Scott plays a former ranch foreman who, along with newlyweds maureen osullivan and john hubbard, is held hostage at a deserted stagecoach station by ruthless. Screenplay by burt kennedy, based on the story the captives, by elmore leonard, published in. The cranes are flying 1957, soviet union aka letyat zhuravli, or, 97 minutes, d. This film serves as a transitional bridge between the old ken maynard man in a white hat who only drinks milk bloodless western and the grimy, realistic sweat. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years. The tall t 1957 budd boetticher twenty four frames. I was surprised to read randolph scott was 59 when he made this film. The tall t is a fine story, very nicely filmed in some spectacular locations.
An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws. The bandit gang is led by a character called usher played by richard boone. But he is determined to clean up one last town, run by bandits, who dont want to see the territory become a state. She will not come back to him until he has hung up his guns for good.
Media in category 1957 in film the following 26 files are in this category, out of 26 total. Randolph scott plays the part of rancher pat brennan, who loses his horse in a bullriding contest. He rides into the town of contention for supplies, stopping along the way at a swing station to water his horse and exchange plesantries with station master hank and hanks son jeff. The films sparse, carefully controlled tension level bursts into fullout bloodshed only minutes before the final fadeout. It stars joel mccrea, virginia mayo, michael ansara, george neise, whit bissell, adam kennedy, barry kelley and leo gordon. Scott portrayed a hostage who uses his wits to triumph over his kidnappers. Westerns budd boetticher made with randolph scott as the star, this is a wonderfully efficient and entertaining little film. Perhaps the grittiest and grimmest of the randolph scottbudd boetticher collaborations, the tall t was adapted by burt kennedy from the elmore leonard short story the captive.
Film notes films of elmore leonard university at albany. The tall t, decision at sundown, buchanan rides alone, ride lonesome. Technicolor finishing publishing, actually erased grain in the original release prints. The wikiquote community has not yet come to a consensus on what this page, and calendaryear pages generally, ought to say. Tall is a compact history of the american skyscraper, an unassuming though hardly unambitious examination of a grand, at times grandiose, subject. The sudden shift introduces a nervewracking unpredictability to the fate of randolph scotts struggling rancher whos taken hostage with the daughter of a wealthy mine owner by a trio of killers.
Although praised highly by film critics, director budd boetticher has never. Pat randolph scott takes a wager on riding a bull from tenvoorde robert burton in this comic piece from budd boettichers western the tall t, 1957, from a novel by elmore leonard view. The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. The tall t 1957 after the success of their superb seven men from now 1956, star randolph scott, writer burt kennedy and director budd boetticher immediately set out to make another western in the same vein. Most of the long shots were actually clark gables double, since the.
The tall t 1957, which was based on an elmore leonard short story, was better still, a suspenseful tale about an outlaw trio holding several people for ransom. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Jim moore jack webb is known as one of the toughest in the military, and its his job to turn boys into marines. The original trailer in high definition of the tall t directed by budd boetticher and starring randolph scott, richard boone, maureen osullivan. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the tall t 1957. The original trailer in high definition of the tall t directed by budd boetticher and starring randolph scott, richard boone, maureen osullivan, arthur hunnicutt and skip homeier. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Budd boetticher, who has died of multiple organ failure aged 85, was a maverick. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the tall t 1957 budd boetticher on allmovie. The tall t 1957 decision at sundown 1957 buchanan rides alone 1958. And if i never have to see russell belt out a tuneless tune again in a film, id be happy. The tall t is a 1957 american technicolor western film directed by budd boetticher and starring randolph scott, richard boone, and maureen osullivan. The tall stranger is directed by thomas carr and written for the screen by christopher knopf from a story by louis lamour. And if you want to understand the pathological violence that lies at the heart of the american experience, this, like.
Clark gable the tall men 1955 the first third of the movie was filmed entirely in the studio. The tall t 1957 budd boetticher cast and crew allmovie. Even a risky line, some things a man cant ride around, slides perfectly into place as scott caresses it. The tall t 1957 posted by mark franklin on may 30, 2016 randolph scott is rancher pat brennan, who heads off to the ranch where he used to be top hand hoping to buy a seed bull. Comanche station 1960 the conclusion of budd boettichers randolph scott western. Request for question clarification by politicalguruga on 22 aug 2005 10. The tall t 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. But upon finishing the film, he traded in the speedster for an even more powerful porsche 550 spyder, which he nicknamed little bastard. The tall t opens as a bucolic comedy before veering sharply into dark, violent territory. Fighting man of the plains 1949 randolph scott, bill williams, victor jory.
Scott, comprised seven men from now 1956, the tall t 1957, decision at. Seven men had been produced by john waynes company batjac and distributed by warner brothers, but for this one scott wanted to produce through his own company at columbia, scottbrown. His dedication to his gob causes his wife angela lansbury to leave him. Also filmed at lone pine, an independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress.
Akins tries to muscle in on the transaction, but cody wont be dissuaded from completing his chivalrous task. Randolph scott, richard boone, maureen osullivan, arthur hunnicutt, skip homeier, henry silva, john hubbard, robert burton. The tall t 1957 approved 1h 18min romance, thriller, western 2 april 1957 usa an independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws. Elia kazan director elia kazans powerful and satirical political drama illustrated how a jailed, downhome country boy in the late 1950s could.
A bullet for the general western, full movie, english, classic film watchfree, cowboyfilm duration. We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. Clark gable the tall men 1955 the first third of the. This page is a placeholder for a page about the year 1957. Leonard said that of all the actors in all the film adaptations of his work, only richard boone got the dialogue right, in the tall t. His love of filmmaking was matched only by his love of action, notably as a matador and horseman.
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