The Tall Man is a half-hour American Western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired on NBC from September 10, 1960, to September 1, 1962, filmed by Revue Productions.
Clu Gulager as Billy the Kid and Marianna Hill as Rita
The real Pat Garrett
Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
Garrett c. 1903
Cover of Garrett's book
Portrait of Pat Garrett (c. 1907) from The Story of the Outlaws
Memorial marking spot where Garrett was killed