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The Worst Episodes of The Tall Man

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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 NBC from 1960 to 1962, filmed by Revue Productions.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 11 - Petticoat Crusade
    5.1/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Petticoat Crusade

    S2:E11

    Suffragette Amy Dodds throws a brick through Pat Garrett's window and demands to be arrested. Garrett refuses, so she goes on down the street to Murphy's saloon and throws some more bricks.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 15 - Billy's Baby
    5.8/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Billy's Baby

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 27 - Three For All
    5.8/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Three For All

    S2:E27

    Maw Kilgore and her boys, Hyram and Dwig, meander down from the hills for a little fun in town, which consits of smashing up the local saloon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 34 - The Runaway Groom
    6.1/10(14 votes)

    #4 - The Runaway Groom

    S2:E34

    Garrett encouonters Burt and Luke Tugwell who are engaged in a grim manhunt. The quarry is their sisters husband who ran off and left her with a baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 33 - The Frame
    6.2/10(15 votes)

    #5 - The Frame

    S2:E33

    Isobel Stewart, an old classmate of Pat Garrett's arrives in town with her sickly husband, Henry. Pat and Isobel renew their friendship causing the overly jealous Henry to plot revenge. When Henry turns up dead, Pat and Isobel are the prime suspects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 31 - Millionaire McBean
    6.4/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Millionaire McBean

    S1:E31

    Tomboys, June and May McBean are up to their old tricks. They figure that if people thought their Pa was rich, they might land a husband, so they plant some gold in the old man's mine.

    Director:William Witney
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 10 - The Leopard's Spots
    6.4/10(12 votes)

    #7 - The Leopard's Spots

    S2:E10

    Billy wants to impress a gentle girl named Charity, so he stops wearing a gun. Then a couple of hired killers show up and they are out to get Billy.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 14 - Legend of Billy
    6.4/10(16 votes)

    #8 - Legend of Billy

    S2:E14

    Billy meets a western sensationalist writer named Dean Almond on a stage bound for Lincoln. For fun, Billy conceals his identity when he finds that Almond has come to write about him.He tells Almond ""tall tales"" about ""Billy the Kid' and Almond writes an article based on Billy's lies. When ALmond discovers he has been duped, he takes revenge on Billy. It is up to Pat to save Billy from falling into Almond's trap and getting hanged.

    Director:Tay Garnett
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 20 - St. Louis Woman
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    #9 - St. Louis Woman

    S2:E20

    Tom Davis asks his friend Pat Garrett to watch over his fiancee Miss Harper and her son David while Davis is out of town on business. Pat and Miss Harper find their relationship is deepening as they spend time together. Pat finds himself torn between his loyalty to his friend and his love for Miss Harper.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 33 - The Cloudbusters
    6.5/10(10 votes)

    #10 - The Cloudbusters

    S1:E33

    Lincoln is in the middle of a drought and Apache Mike Grey Eagle has the only water in town. He has a stranglehold on the town with his high water prices so the town council votes to hire a rainmaker. The rainmaker turns out to be a girl with a determinaton to succceed in finding water or making rain. Pat and Billy get drug into her rainmaking adventure which include capture by the apaches.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 2 - The Liberty Belle
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    #11 - The Liberty Belle

    S2:E2

    Elena, Pat's old flame, returns to town to obtain Pat's protection against her ex-boyfriend Joe Durango. Neither Pat nor Billy know that Elena is really hoping to lure one of them into killing Joe who is pursuing Elena to retrieve money that she stole from him. When Joe arrives in town and attempts to kill Elena, the stage is set for a showdown between Pat and Joe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 36 - The Woman In Black
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #12 - The Woman In Black

    S2:E36

    There was a time when Don Diego wanted to marry Rosa, but now all he wants is to see her dead.He believes that she put a curse on him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 26 - Night of the Hawk
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    #13 - Night of the Hawk

    S2:E26

    Pat and BIlly accompany Army Major Judd Randolf on a mission to secure the surrender of the outlaw Apache, Chato, and his band. Billy and Nelson share a mutual dislike for each other until they are trapped in a life and death situation with the Indians. In order to survive, both Billy and Major Nelson must learn to trust and respect each others courage and leadership skills.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 37 - The Great Western
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #14 - The Great Western

    S1:E37

    Garrett thinks it would be a good idea to clean up the town before territorial governor Lew Wallace arrives. He plans to runout a saloonkeeper named Big Mamacita. Her plans are to stay right where she is.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 7 - The Judas Palm
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #15 - The Judas Palm

    S2:E7

    Drifter , Archie Keogh comes to Lincoln and is immediately arrested for harrassing the local saloon owner. As Garrett is checking Keogh into jail, Billy the Kid recognizes him as an old friend. After Billy goes out of his way to help Keogh find a job , Keogh betrays him by killing Billy's girl, Rita's father and blaming it on BIlly. It is up to Pat to find the truth before Billy hangs.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 9 - Trial by Hanging
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Trial by Hanging

    S2:E9

    Billy goes to work for a rancher called Jake Newton, unaware that his new employer is wanted for murder. When the lynch mob shows up and finds Newton gone, they turn their menacing attentions on Billy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 17 - Apache Daughter
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Apache Daughter

    S2:E17

    Pat and Billy accompany their friend, Bartlett, on a trip to recover his long ago captured daughter,Sherry,from a now friendly Apache Indian band. However,after Sherry joins her father,it becomes obvious that her loyalties lie with her adopted Indian tribe. When her Apache husband defies his chief and pursues Sally in an attempt to recapture her, a showdown insues.

    Director:Tay Garnett
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 18 - Substitute Sheriff
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Substitute Sheriff

    S2:E18

    The railroad line is coming through and that means eviction for the McBean family. But May and June McBean get an idea. Pa can stop the process server if he pretends to be Sheriff Pat Garrett.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 5 - The Lonely Star
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #19 - The Lonely Star

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 13 - McBean Rides Again
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #20 - McBean Rides Again

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 23 - Rio Doloroso
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Rio Doloroso

    S2:E23

    Pat Garrett is bringing in a prisoner,Curtis, to Lincoln when bad weather forces him to stop in a small Mexican village. The village is very poor and jealousies develop between some of the townspeople and Pat. Sympathy for the prisoner begins to grow and Pat finds the situation becoming more and more hostile. In the end, Pat must rely on the courage of the good people of the town to survive and bring his prisoner to justice.

    Director:Sydney Pollack
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 23 - The Reluctant Bridegroom
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #22 - The Reluctant Bridegroom

    S1:E23

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Tall Man Season 1 Episode 26 - The Last Resource
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #23 - The Last Resource

    S1:E26

    Marshall Ben Hartley comes to Lincoln to arrest Billy Bonney for the murder of his 12 yeaar old daughter in Prescott., Az. Pat initially helps Hartley arrest Billy but becomes suspicious when Hartley uses unorthodox and vicious methods to deal with Billy. When it becomes obvious that Hartley is out for revenge and not justice, Pat decides to ride along to Billy's trial in Prescott.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 4 - The Female Artillery
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #24 - The Female Artillery

    S2:E4

    Billy and Pat are on a gambling vacation in El Paso when Pat wins $600 in a pocker game. In a short period of time,a con-lady named Sylvia is successful in seperating Pat from his winnings. Billy and Pat chase her to Durango and execute an elaborate plan to retrieve $600. It is a classic case of the battle between a wronged man and the whiles of a pretty woman. Many funny sceenes.

    Director:Lesley Selander
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Tall Man Season 2 Episode 6 - An Item for Auction
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #25 - An Item for Auction

    S2:E6

    Buffalo skinner, Sam Nayfack comes to Lincoln to sell his daughter Susan to the highest bidder. Garrett interfers and , for his effort, ends up taking Susan in. It falls upon Pat to rehab the 16 year old and make her presentable as a lady. Harrassment from Billy and opossition from the girl's father make Pat's role less than enviable.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Petticoat Crusade" is the worst rated episode of "The Tall Man". It scored 5.1/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Richard Donner and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/18/1961. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Billy's Baby".