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The Best Episodes of The Tall Man

Every episode of The Tall Man ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 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...
Genre:Western
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"The Grudge Fight" is the best rated episode of "The Tall Man". It scored 8.1/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/21/1961. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dark Moment".

  • The Grudge Fight
    8.1/1015 votes
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    #1 - The Grudge Fight

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1961

    Billy 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. However, they make a plan to meet and have it out at ""Stone Mountain"" three days out of Lincoln. The subsequent shoot-out leaves Denver wounded. As Billy and the wounded Denver struggle to survive, a surprising friendship is forged.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dark Moment
    8.0/1013 votes
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    #2 - Dark Moment

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1961

    Francisco, 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, Judy is near death and is only able to point out Francisco as the murderer.

    Director: William Witney

    Writer: N/A

  • Hard Justice
    8.0/1011 votes
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    #3 - Hard Justice

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/25/1961

    Vince 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 refuses, sends a couple of killers to gun him down.

    Director: William Witney

    Writer: N/A

  • Shadow of the Past
    8.0/1012 votes
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    #4 - Shadow of the Past

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1961

    Ben Wiley and his family have moved to Lincoln and Billy has taken a liking to his daughter. When Billy introduces Pat Garrett to the family, Pat believes he recognizes Ben Wiley as a fellow prisoner from a prison camp in the Civil War. Garrett has sworn revenge on Wiley and Billy feels obligated to defend his new friends. A showdown between the Kid and Garret seems inevitable.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bitter Ashes
    7.9/1011 votes
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    #5 - Bitter Ashes

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1960

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Gun Is for Killing
    7.9/1018 votes
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    #6 - A Gun Is for Killing

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1961

    Deputy 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 his office and leaves the town at the mercy of Blanchaard and his wild crew. Billy the kid attempts to rescue Garrett from his dispair in time to retore order/

    Director: Franklin Adreon

    Writer: N/A

  • The Best Policy
    7.9/1013 votes
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    #7 - The Best Policy

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1961

    Cattleman John Miller adds a few of his branded animals to a herd belonging to Pat and Billy . Then Miller accuses the boys of rustling.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fool's Play
    7.9/1011 votes
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    #8 - Fool's Play

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1961

    Billy has a job riding shotgun on Bert Wilson's stage. It looks like a pretty routine run until they are surprised by a bandit named Pollitt.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Garrett and the Kid
    7.8/1023 votes
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    #9 - Garrett and the Kid

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1960

    Paul 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 episode lays a good foundation for the theme of the series i.e. the friend/adversary relatonship between Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rovin' Gambler
    7.8/1016 votes
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    #10 - Rovin' Gambler

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/18/1961

    When 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 friends, Garrett is forced to arrest Holiday.Holiday vows revenge and a showdown results. Billy makes an effort to head it off by forcing the truth from Kate.

    Director: William Witney

    Writer: N/A

  • The Long Way Home
    7.8/1011 votes
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    #11 - The Long Way Home

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 3/31/1962

    A tired Billy takes a snooze during a train ride and misses some intersting action. A marsahll uncovers an illegal gun shipman and is shot by the conductor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Parson
    7.7/1014 votes
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    #12 - The Parson

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1960

    A 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 and expose the Parson's violent background. The two are looking for revenge and the only thing stopping them is Pat Garrett.Billy also has something to learn from a gunfighter turned man-of-God.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One of One Thousand
    7.7/1014 votes
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    #13 - One of One Thousand

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1960

    Pat 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 two suspects are Billy the Kid and MIles,an old friend and buffalo hunter who took second place in the competition. Garrett goes after the suspect with a heavy heart, prepared to arrest for hanging or to shoot down a friend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Sam's Boy
    7.7/1012 votes
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    #14 - Big Sam's Boy

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1961

    A 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 third man into posing as Lonnie.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • And the Beast
    7.6/1014 votes
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    #15 - And the Beast

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1960

    Pat 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 the murderer, Garrett finds Billy has mixed loyalties.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tiger Eye
    7.6/1013 votes
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    #16 - Tiger Eye

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1960

    Billy 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 man"". Pat, against his better judgement, helps the Aache find a job. Nature takes it's course and there is a murder for which the indian is blamed. Pat and BIlly set out seperately to find the Apache and learn the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reversed Blade
    7.6/1011 votes
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    #17 - The Reversed Blade

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1961

    John 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 prevent the subsequent showdown. After Tundall is wounded, Billy and Pat find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Can Pat Garrett head off a showdown between Billy and Webster and still bring about justice?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Scheme of Hearts
    7.6/1010 votes
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    #18 - A Scheme of Hearts

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 4/22/1961

    Nita 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 against her husband. It appears that her female charms will lead Pat and Billy into a showdown. When Nita's ex-husband arrives, new information about Nita leads Pat to a desperate plan to exposse her and wake up Billy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Forty-Dollar Boots
    7.5/1016 votes
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    #19 - Forty-Dollar Boots

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1960

    Billy'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 Garrett, his friend and newly appointed deputy. Pat , as usual, is trying to keep Billy on the right side of the Law.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Four Queens
    7.5/109 votes
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    #20 - The Four Queens

    Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 3/24/1962

    Showman Jacque Montreaux and his four lovely song-and-dance girls arrive in town, and Jaques stops off to show Garrett a letter from the mother of one of the girls, asking that plans to kill Billy the Kid be called off.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trial by Fury
    7.5/1011 votes
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    #21 - Trial by Fury

    Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 4/14/1962

    Billy, Sadie Wren and Jason Cutter all have one thing in common. They were all acquitted of murder by juries in Judge Croomwell's court, much to Cromwell's displeasure. Now the judge has definite plans to correct these verdicts with his own brand of private justice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night Train to Tularosa
    7.4/1012 votes
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    #22 - Night Train to Tularosa

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1960

    Garrett 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 death of the girl Pat loved.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ladies of the Town
    7.4/1010 votes
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    #23 - Ladies of the Town

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/20/1961

    Silver 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 organizing to drive the wicked influences out. These ""wicked"" include one of Pat's old girlfriends,Sal, and her saloon business. Billy, who is in Silver Creek on business for Tundall,throws in with the self-righteous townswomen in hopes of defeating Claarey before Pat had to face Claarey and his bunch alone. It is a strange but humerous alliance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death or Taxes
    7.4/1011 votes
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    #24 - Death or Taxes

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 5/27/1961

    A 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Bounty for Billy
    7.3/1018 votes
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    #25 - A Bounty for Billy

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1960

    Newly 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 the town out for blood, Billy must prove he is innocent. His only friend is his girlfriend ,Maria, and the two work on a daring plan to bring in the guilty parties.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A