| The Tall Man | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Arthur Browne, Jr. D. C. Fontana David Lang Paul King Samuel A. Peeples Frank Price Barry Shipman |
| Directed by | Tay Garnett Sidney Lanfield Sydney Pollack Lesley Selander William Witney |
| Starring | Barry Sullivan Clu Gulager |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Nat Holt |
| Producer(s) | Edward Montagne Samuel A. Peeples Frank Price |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 10, 1960 – September 1, 1962 |
The Tall Man is an American Western television series about gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired on NBC from 1960 to 1962. The series was produced by Revue Productions.
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The series stars Barry Sullivan as Pat Garrett and Clu Gulager as Billy the Kid in 75 fictionalized half-hour episodes about the relationship between the famous outlaw and the frontier sheriff who eventually killed him. Unfortunately, no final episode depicting the grim conclusion was filmed. Memorably, the series opened each week with a shot of the extremely long shadow cast by Sullivan on a western street (the "tall man"). The episode "The Hunt" details some facts about Billy's gun, the Colt Model 1877 .41 caliber.
Actors appearing on the show in individual episodes include:
On October 30, 2007, Timeless Media Group released fifteen episodes of the series on a Region 1 three-DVD set in the United States.
On December 6, 2011, Timeless Media Group will release The Tall Man- The Complete TV Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[1]