The Tall Men (1955)
As Big and Spectacular and Exciting As The Mighty West Itself!
Genre : Western
Runtime : 2H 2M
Director : Raoul Walsh
Writer : Sydney Boehm, Frank S. Nugent
Synopsis
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
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