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The Tin Star (1957)
Director: Anthony Mann
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Scripted by Dudley Nichols, a Western in the traditional mould, much more predictable than Mann's marvellous series with James Stewart, and a little too overtly didactic in detailing the relationship between a disillusioned sheriff turned bounty-hunter (Fonda) and the young greenhorn (Perkins) to whom he becomes a father-figure, teaching him the hard facts of a lawman's life and regaining his self-respect in the process. But Mann directs with an impressive classical elegance, and the performances are fine, even if (as David Thomson remarked) 'Fonda and Perkins look like business executives dressed up in cowboy togs'.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Anthony Mann
Producer: William Perlberg, George Seaton
Cast: Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Neville Brand, John McIntire, Lee Van Cleef, Michel Ray full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 93 mins
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