I like grumpy old cusses. Hope to live long enough to be one.

Tall in the Saddle is directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Michael Hogan, Paul Fix and Gordon Ray Young. It stars John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George 'Gabby' Hayes and Audrey Long. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Robert De Grasse.

Ranch hand Rocklin (Wayne) arrives in town to start his new job but finds his employer has been murdered and the locals are all a bit too shifty for comfort...

Hee, the title is rather appropriate given Duke Wayne's stature, and yet it's a title that doesn't really do justic... read the rest.