The Tall T
“Taut! Torrid! Tremendous! T Is for Terror!”
1957 · 1 h 18 min
Budd BoetticherCast
Randolph Scott 
Richard Boone 
Maureen O'Sullivan 
Arthur Hunnicutt 
Skip Homeier 
Henry Silva
Credits
Written by: 
Burt Kennedy
Plot
A rancher is kidnapped by outlaws on a stagecoach and tries to outwit them to save a woman held with him.
Sinekatalog’s take
Budd Boetticher's western is lean, tense and tough, with Randolph Scott and Richard Boone, a high point of the genre.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (7,174 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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