
The Tall Man
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
10-09-196030mPaul 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
17-09-196030mBilly'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
24-09-196030mKarl 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
01-10-196030mThe 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
08-10-196030mSheriff 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
15-10-196030mNewly 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
29-10-196030mA 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
15-11-196030mGarrett 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
19-11-196030mTeenagers 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
26-11-196030mBilly 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
26-11-196030mPat 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
10-12-196030mThe 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
17-12-196030mBilly 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
24-12-196030mIt 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
31-12-196030mPat 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
07-01-196130mHendry 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
14-01-196130mDeputy 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
21-01-196130mBilly 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
28-01-196130mCattleman 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
04-02-196130mJohn 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
11-02-196130mFrancisco, 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
25-02-196130mBilly 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
04-03-196130mA 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
11-03-196130mMarshall 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
18-03-196130mWhen 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
25-03-196130mVince 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
01-04-196130mBilly'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
08-04-196130mEx-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
15-04-196130mTomboys, 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
22-04-196130mNita 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
29-04-196130mLincoln 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
06-05-196130mLincoln'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
20-05-196130mSilver 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
27-05-196130mA 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
03-06-196130mGarrett 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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