Claude Dallas - Claude Dallas in Popular Culture

Claude Dallas in Popular Culture

  • Ian Tyson's 1987 album, Cowboyography, includes a song entitled "Claude Dallas" telling the story of the incident.
  • True crime author Jack Olsen described Dallas and the murders in his book Give a Boy a Gun.
  • Another book-length treatment of this subject is Outlaw by Jeff Long.
  • The 1986 TV movie Manhunt for Claude Dallas is based on Long's book. It stars Matt Salinger as Dallas, Claude Akins as Bill Pogue, and Brent Spiner as Jim Stevens.
  • City Confidential episode 45 (2001) is an hour-long documentary on the homicide.
  • Wild Game (1995) by Frank Bergon presents a fictionalized account of these events.
  • The FBI Files episode Murdering Cowboy chronicled the murder and the subsequent events.

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