The Tall Man (1960)

The Tall Man is a Western television series that aired on NBC from 1960 to 1962. The series stars Barry Sullivan as Pat Garrett and newcomer Clu Gulager as Billy the Kid in 75 fictionalized half-hour episodes about the relationship between the famous outlaw and the frontier sheriff who eventually killed him. Unfortunately, no final episode depicting the grim conclusion was filmed. Memorably, the series opened each week with a shot of extremely a long shadow cast by Sullivan on a western street (the "tall man"). The series was produced by Revue Productions and currently remains almost impossible to see today, even in the form of clips. A group of 15 episodes has recently been released on DVD. The episode "The Hunt" details some facts about Billy's gun, the Colt Model 1877 .41 caliber.