Synopsis
The Tall T (1957) is Budd Boetticher's lean western, and you can watch it online on iFILM — 78 tight minutes of Randolph Scott pinned down by a trio of killers.
After losing his horse on a foolish bet, former ranch foreman Pat Brennan hitches a ride on a stagecoach carrying newlyweds. At a relay station the whole group falls into the hands of three outlaws led by the soft-spoken Frank Usher. When Usher learns that Doretta is the daughter of a wealthy mine owner, he holds her for ransom, and the next day turns into a slow test of nerve.
Boetticher and Scott made seven westerns together, and this is among the sharpest. The script comes from an Elmore Leonard story, and Richard Boone plays a villain charming enough to be genuinely frightening. No sweeping prairie romance here — just hard men, rocks and arithmetic. Stream The Tall T online on iFILM.
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