Search - The Tall Texan on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1953 DVD Release: 01/17/2006 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 22 mins Studio: Vci Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Western, Traditional Western

Elmo Williams, the veteran Hollywood film editor who gained fame for his work on High Noon, serves as director of the medium-budget western The Tall Texan. Lloyd Bridges plays the title character, a convicted murderer named Ben Trask. While being escorted to prison, Trask talks his captors into prospecting for gold. A rich vein has been found in Indian territory, attracting gold-hunters like flies to honey. Despite warnings from the local tribe, the prospectors refuse to leave. Even when a compromise is reached with the Indians, at least one of the gold-seekers oversteps his bounds. A climactic Indian attack is thus a foregone conclusion, and since none of the white characters is particularly sympathetic, the viewer is hard put not to root for the Indians. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Lloyd Bridges - Ben Trask
Lee J. Cobb - Capt. Theodore Bess
Marie Windsor - Laura Niblett
Luther Adler - Josh Tinnen
Sid Saylor - Carney