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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.
1944 · Directed by Edwin L. Marin · 87 min · Western · Screenplay in the scene database · 9 frames
Tagline
WAYNE PACKS A WALLOP...In Action...In Love!
Plot
Rocklin, a tough but quiet cowboy, arrives in Santa Inez by stagecoach with the stern Miss Martin and her kindly niece Clara. Rocklin has a letter written by ranch owner Red Cardell hiring him as the K.C. Ranch foreman. The stern Miss Martin disputes this, announcing that the K.C. Ranch is Clara's legacy. Rocklin learns that Cardell was murdered. Harolday, owner of the Topaz Ranch, hires him to find a gang of rustlers who Harolday believes killed Red Cardell. Meanwhile, a romantic rivalry develops between Clara and Harolday's fiery daughter Arly.
Cardell was preparing to visit the district judge to present a deck of marked cards he found in a friend's coat. Rocklin finds two decks of marked cards in local lawyer Garvey's desk and accuses him of murdering Red Cardell. Garvey grabs Rocklin’s gun and the two engage in a violent struggle that ends with Garvey knocked unconscious.
Rocklin interrogates Harold's stepson Clint about Garvey's involvement in Red Cardell's murder. Outside the hotel, someone climbs to the window of Rocklin's room, takes Rocklin's gun, and fires. Clint is killed. The assailant tosses the gun back into the room to incriminate Rocklin. Hearing the gunshot, townspeople rush into the room and see Rocklin with the gun in his hand standing over Clint's dead body. When Garvey accuses Rocklin of murdering Clint, Rocklin denies it and escapes through the window.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Michael Hogan, Paul Fix
- Cinematography: Robert De Grasse
- Edited by: Philip Martin
- Music: Roy Webb
- Produced by: Robert Fellows
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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
- Themes: sheriff, saloon, poker, ranch, inheritance, stagecoach, wild west, shot, stagecoach driver
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