Tall in the Saddle

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.

Cast

John Wayne

as Rocklin

Ella Raines

as Arleta 'Arly' Harolday

Ward Bond

as 'Judge' Robert Garvey

George 'Gabby' Hayes

as Dave

Audrey Long

as Clara Cardell

Elisabeth Risdon

as Miss Elizabeth Martin

Donald Douglas

as Harolday

Paul Fix

as Bob Clews

Russell Wade

as Clint Harolday

Emory Parnell

as Sheriff Jackson

Reviews

John Chard

I like grumpy old cusses. Hope to live long enough to be one. Tall in the Saddle is directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Michael Hogan, Paul Fix and Gordon Ray Young. It stars John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George 'Gabby' Hayes and Audrey Long. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography b...

drystyx

This is an ideal Western. John Wayne is tall in the saddle. He travels East to wild West, and is not backing down from trouble. What really makes this film is Ella Raines as a super hot love interest. I may be spoiling that, because another woman enters first, quietly and very lady like, while E...

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