The Tall Man
TV ShowEnded

The Tall Man

6.3 / 10
1960
2 seasons
75 episodes
Western

The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired seventy-five episodes on NBC from 1960 to 1962, filmed by Revue Productions.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Garrett and the Kid

    10-09-196030m

    Paul Mason is trying to take over Lincoln county and buys off everyone except Pat Garrett. Billy is determined to help Pat out even though Pat tells him to stay out of it. This ep...

  • Ep 2

    2.Forty-Dollar Boots

    17-09-196030m

    Billy's friend Charlie Evers offers him a new pair of boots in exchange for his help rustling cattle. Billy is torn between his desire for the outlaw life and his loyalty to Pat Ga...

  • Ep 3

    3.Bad Company

    24-09-196030m

    Karl Negal is a rigid, german father to his soon-to-be a man son, Johnny. Johnny idealizes Billy and, wanting to be like him, robs a grocery store and kills the owner. After Pat Ga...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Shawl

    01-10-196030m

    The Roberts brothers are gunning for Billy,but they kill his sweetheart, Mariea, instead. Meanwhile, Billy is heading home with a fancy shawl as a gift for his girl.

  • Ep 5

    5.The Lonely Star

    08-10-196030m

    Sheriff Brady is shot down and deputy Pat Garrett must decide if he will run for sheriff in a corrupt election run by local cattle baron Andy Gorman.The odds against Pat are big u...

  • Ep 6

    6.A Bounty for Billy

    15-10-196030m

    Newly elected sheriff Pat Garrett is gunned down in the dark during an express office robbery. Deputy Johnny Swift believes the shooter is Billy the Kid. With Pat unconsious and t...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Parson

    29-10-196030m

    A new Parson comes to Lincoln and builds a successful ministry until it is discovered that he is an ex-gunslinger. Ben Meyers and his son Jebul have come to town with an old grudge...

  • Ep 8

    8.Night Train to Tularosa

    15-11-196030m

    Garrett is taking killer Dan Rees to prison aboard the night train to Tularosa and , so far as he is concerned, justice has never been sweeter. Rees had married and caused the deat...

  • Ep 9

    9.Larceny and Young Ladies

    19-11-196030m

    Teenagers June and May McBean are making a living stealing horses when they make the mistake of stealing Pat Garrett""s horse. Pat tracks and arrests the girls and then intrusts th...

  • Ep 10

    10.Counterfeit Law

    26-11-196030m

    Billy delivers a herd of cattle to Barlows place in Gunsite county. He is robbed and put in jail by ""Judge Barlow"" and his assistants. Pat Garrett is riding his rounds in the ter...

  • Ep 11

    11.And the Beast

    26-11-196030m

    Pat Garrett arrives at the Corbin ranch to find everyone murdered but the housekeeper, Agatha. Subsequent murders lead Garret to the truth. However when it becomes time to arrest t...

  • Ep 12

    12.Bitter Ashes

    03-12-196030m
  • Ep 13

    13.McBean Rides Again

    10-12-196030m

    The teenage troublemakers June and May McBean team up to cause Pat, Billy and their dad headaches over illegal brewing of whiskey. It looks like everyone but the culprits will end...

  • Ep 14

    14.Tiger Eye

    17-12-196030m

    Billy and Pat rescue a young apache man from being staked out by his tribe. Billy takes the young man under his wing and insists on bring the Apache to town to live as a ""white ma...

  • Ep 15

    15.Billy's Baby

    24-12-196030m

    It is the Christmas season and Billy is partying at the local salon with his girlfriend, Maria. A visiting Texan taks offense to Billy and a fight errupts, leaving the Texan shot a...

  • Ep 16

    16.One of One Thousand

    31-12-196030m

    Pat Garrett wins an expensive rifle in a shooting contest in Fort Sumner. When he goes to collect the rifle he finds that the rifle has been stolen and the gunsmith murdered. The t...

  • Ep 17

    17.First Blood

    07-01-196130m

    Hendry Grant, a renouned gunfighter is hired by cattle baron, Andy Gorman to kill Billy the Kid and thereby establish Gorman's power over John Tundall in Lincoln county. Garrett, a...

  • Ep 18

    18.A Gun Is for Killing

    14-01-196130m

    Deputy Johnny Swift angers cattle drover Blanchard and a subsequent gun battle leaves Johnny dead by accident at the hand of his friend Pat Garrett. Pat, in his guilt,, abandons hi...

  • Ep 19

    19.The Grudge Fight

    21-01-196130m

    Billy and a young man named , Denver, are constantly butting heads as rival gunslingers and ladies men. Garrett throws them out of town and orders them to go their seperate ways. H...

  • Ep 20

    20.The Best Policy

    28-01-196130m

    Cattleman John Miller adds a few of his branded animals to a herd belonging to Pat and Billy . Then Miller accuses the boys of rustling.

  • Ep 21

    21.The Reversed Blade

    04-02-196130m

    John Tundall, Billy's boss, discovers that his ex-wife and her new husband, Ben Webster, have returned to Lincoln with a plot to blackmail him. Garrett and Billy are at a loss to p...

  • Ep 22

    22.Dark Moment

    11-02-196130m

    Francisco, a tenant farmer, accidently shoots his landlord to death during an argument.Judy,the landlords daughter and the only witeness, is also wounded. When Garrett arrives, Jud...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Reluctant Bridegroom

    18-02-1961
  • Ep 24

    24.Maria's Little Lamb

    25-02-196130m

    Billy goes for Maria in a big way. Her father, however is a sheep rancher,which traditionally means troble with the local cattle ranchers.Torn between Maria and Garrett, who is sid...

  • Ep 25

    25.Big Sam's Boy

    04-03-196130m

    A pair of schemers named Jarrico and Clegg decide to capitalize on the death of Lonnie, an army buddy wwho was the long-lost son of wealthy Sam Masters.Jarrico and Clegg talk a thi...

  • Ep 26

    26.The Last Resource

    11-03-196130m

    Marshall Ben Hartley comes to Lincoln to arrest Billy Bonney for the murder of his 12 yeaar old daughter in Prescott., Az. Pat initially helps Hartley arrest Billy but becomes susp...

  • Ep 27

    27.Rovin' Gambler

    18-03-196130m

    When Doc. Holiday comes to Lincoln, he is falsely accused by his estranged girlfriend, Kate Elder, of robbing a stagecoach and killing the driver. Although they are longtime friend...

  • Ep 28

    28.Hard Justice

    25-03-196130m

    Vince Ober is suppose to be buying cattle for the army, but he is really trying to arrange a deal that will profit only himself.He asks Billy to rustle some cattle,and,when Billy...

  • Ep 29

    29.The Legend and the Gun

    01-04-196130m

    Billy's step-father, Bill Antrim, is gunned down by a trio of gunmen. When the news reaches town, Billy vows vengeance on the murderers and, despite Garrett's warning, takes the la...

  • Ep 30

    30.A Kind of Courage

    08-04-196130m

    Ex-gunfighter and town drunk Clint Latimer vows revenge against Billy Bonney for teaching Latimers son Jody gunfighting. The boy is wounded in a gunfight and Latimer sobers up and...

  • Ep 31

    31.Millionaire McBean

    15-04-196130m

    Tomboys, June and May McBean are up to their old tricks. They figure that if people thought their Pa was rich, they might land a husband, so they plant some gold in the old man's m...

  • Ep 32

    32.A Scheme of Hearts

    22-04-196130m

    Nita Jardine, the wife of an ex-con comes to Lincoln looking to escape the pursuit of her husband. She flirts with both Billy and Pat in the hope of convincing them to protect her...

  • Ep 33

    33.The Cloudbusters

    29-04-196130m

    Lincoln is in the middle of a drought and Apache Mike Grey Eagle has the only water in town. He has a stranglehold on the town with his high water prices so the town council votes...

  • Ep 34

    34.Ransom of a Town

    06-05-196130m

    Lincoln's Padre is kidnapped by an outlaw named Ledall and held for ransom. When the town can't come up with the money fast enough, Billy the Kid takes matters into his own hands....

  • Ep 35

    35.Ladies of the Town

    20-05-196130m

    Silver Creek is a boom town in Lincoln county run by the corrupt Jason Clarey. Sheriff Pat Garrett rides out to restore order and finds that the respectable woman of the town are o...

  • Ep 36

    36.Death or Taxes

    27-05-196130m

    A railroad land purchaser named Fallon has secured the right-of- way through town. But he refuses to pay the required taxes and backs up his stand with a gang of gunmen.

  • Ep 37

    37.The Great Western

    03-06-196130m

    Garrett thinks it would be a good idea to clean up the town before territorial governor Lew Wallace arrives. He plans to runout a saloonkeeper named Big Mamacita. Her plans are to...

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