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The Best Episodes of The Tall Man Season 1

Every episode of The Tall Man Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Tall Man Season 1!

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

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Garrett and the Kid" is the best rated episode of "The Tall Man" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/10/1960. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Forty-Dollar Boots".

  • Garrett and the Kid
    7.8/1023 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Forty-Dollar Boots
    7.5/1016 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Bad Company
    7.2/1018 votes

    #3 - Bad Company

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1960

    Karl Negal is a rigid, german father to his soon-to-be a man son, Johnny. Johnny idealizes Billy and, wanting to be like him, robs a grocery store and kills the owner. After Pat Garett kills Johnny, Karl Nagel vows revenge on Billy for being a bad influence on his son. Billy must choose between his loyalty to Pat and his own survival in this suspenful episode.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shawl
    7.1/1015 votes

    #4 - The Shawl

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1960

    The Roberts brothers are gunning for Billy,but they kill his sweetheart, Mariea, instead. Meanwhile, Billy is heading home with a fancy shawl as a gift for his girl.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lonely Star
    6.7/1014 votes

    #5 - The Lonely Star

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1960

    Sheriff Brady is shot down and deputy Pat Garrett must decide if he will run for sheriff in a corrupt election run by local cattle baron Andy Gorman.The odds against Pat are big until Billy the Kid offers his assistance. Pat must operate within the Law while Billy is willing to break all the rules. Will the people of Lincoln County choose the right nman for the job?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Bounty for Billy
    7.3/1018 votes

    #6 - 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

  • The Parson
    7.7/1014 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Night Train to Tularosa
    7.4/1012 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Larceny and Young Ladies
    7.1/1014 votes

    #9 - Larceny and Young Ladies

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1960

    Teenagers June and May McBean are making a living stealing horses when they make the mistake of stealing Pat Garrett""s horse. Pat tracks and arrests the girls and then intrusts them to Billy while he obtains a buggy to transport them in. The girls escape and tie Billy up. Their egos bruised, Pat and Billy pursue the girls and extract justice from them and their negligent father.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Counterfeit Law
    7.2/1012 votes

    #10 - Counterfeit Law

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1960

    Billy delivers a herd of cattle to Barlows place in Gunsite county. He is robbed and put in jail by ""Judge Barlow"" and his assistants. Pat Garrett is riding his rounds in the territory and is surprised to find that Billy is a captive of Barlows. The two friends must team up to bring justice to Gunsite county.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • And the Beast
    7.6/1014 votes

    #11 - 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

  • Bitter Ashes
    7.9/1011 votes

    #12 - Bitter Ashes

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1960

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • McBean Rides Again
    6.8/1011 votes

    #13 - McBean Rides Again

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1960

    The teenage troublemakers June and May McBean team up to cause Pat, Billy and their dad headaches over illegal brewing of whiskey. It looks like everyone but the culprits will end up in jail. In the end, however, four men against two teenage girls restores order and justice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tiger Eye
    7.6/1013 votes

    #14 - 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

  • Billy's Baby
    5.8/1015 votes

    #15 - Billy's Baby

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1960

    It is the Christmas season and Billy is partying at the local salon with his girlfriend, Maria. A visiting Texan taks offense to Billy and a fight errupts, leaving the Texan shot and left for dead. Billy runs towards Mexico to avoid arrest but runs into trouble with Apaches. Garrett attempts to bring Billy in but ends up fighting Apaches with him. In the end Garret's faith in Billy the kid and Billy's loyalty to his lawman friend are tested.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One of One Thousand
    7.7/1014 votes

    #16 - 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

  • First Blood
    7.2/1015 votes

    #17 - First Blood

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1961

    Hendry Grant, a renouned gunfighter is hired by cattle baron, Andy Gorman to kill Billy the Kid and thereby establish Gorman's power over John Tundall in Lincoln county. Garrett, a longtime acquaintance of Grant's tries to prevent the showdown. However, a tragic chain of events leads Billy and Grant to a showdown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Gun Is for Killing
    7.9/1018 votes

    #18 - 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 Grudge Fight
    8.1/1015 votes

    #19 - 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

  • The Best Policy
    7.9/1013 votes

    #20 - 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

  • The Reversed Blade
    7.6/1011 votes

    #21 - 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

  • Dark Moment
    8.0/1013 votes

    #22 - 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

  • The Reluctant Bridegroom
    6.8/1013 votes

    #23 - The Reluctant Bridegroom

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1961

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Maria's Little Lamb
    7.0/1010 votes

    #24 - Maria's Little Lamb

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1961

    Billy goes for Maria in a big way. Her father, however is a sheep rancher,which traditionally means troble with the local cattle ranchers.Torn between Maria and Garrett, who is siding with the cattlemen, Billy isn't sure which side he will take if it comes to a showdown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Sam's Boy
    7.7/1012 votes

    #25 - 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