The Tall Man (1960–1962)

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Fictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
set in New Mexico in the 1870s.

Series Cast
Barry Sullivan ... Pat Garrett (75 episodes, 1960-1962)
Clu Gulager ... Billy the Kid (75 episodes, 1960-1962)
Mark Tapscott ... Andy / ... (10 episodes, 1961-1962)
Judy Nugent ... June McBean (5 episodes, 1960-1962)
Marianna Hill ... Rita (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Andy Clyde ... Pa McBean (5 episodes, 1960-1962)
Hal K. Dawson ... The Clerk / ... (5 episodes, 1961-1962)
Walter Lawrence ... Townsman (5 episodes, 1960)

Series Directed
Franklin Adreon ... (10 episodes, 1960-1961)
Tay Garnett ... (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Sidney Lanfield ... (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
and many more...

Series Writing Credits
Samuel A. Peeples ... (created by) (75 episodes, 1960-1962)
Frank Price ... (17 episodes, 1960-1962)
and many more...

Filming Locations
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Apacheland Studios - 4369 S. Kings Ranch Road, Gold Canyon, Arizona, USA
Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett,
staring Barry Sullivan
and the gunfighter Billy the Kid (Clu Gulager) that aired seventy-five episodes on
NBC from 1960 to 1962, filmed by Revue Productions.
It was also theatrically released and dubbed in North Korea in the 1960s.

Look out for notable guest stars
and a couple of Duke's 'Pals'
Edgar Buchanan,Harry Carey, Jr.,
William Fawcett, Raymond Hatton, Adele Mara
and also James Coburn, Iron Eyes Cody
Richard Jaeckel, Vic Morrow, Leonard Nimoy

User Review

Simple Entertainment
15 March 2016 | by soquilii (Houston)

Quote from soq

I gave this series a 10 rating, not due to the rather dated plot lines, but because I enjoyed it so much as a kid. I never missed an episode. This was my first really serious fandom and I fell head over heels in love with Clu Gulager. While the series veers far from historical truth, you can't deny the appeal of the bad boy. Clu plays it with just the right mixture of sex appeal and being bad, all while trying to steer a better path. Barry Sullivan plays the lawman with a heart of gold beneath a stern veneer, and as mentor to this bad boy. Watching this series did no harm to me as a youngster; I had sense enough to realize it was fiction and did not become a delinquent simply because I watched it. I was heartbroken when it was canceled and I never forgot it for half a century. I was thrilled when it came out on DVD and am now enjoying it again, reliving part of my childhood. This is also the first series that launched a long career in fan fiction writing, before I even knew what that was - or that other people wrote such things. Those spiral notebooks, handwritten in pencil by as 12-year-old have long since vanished. However, this show inspired me to keep writing which I do to this day. Pure unadulterated entertainment you can watch, kick back and relax. You can't say that about many TV shows today!