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The Tin Star

Play trailer Poster for The Tin Star 1957,  1h 33m,  Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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89% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 73% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Morgan Hickman is a tough gunslinger with a knack for keeping his cool in tense situations. When he wanders into a town where the local lawman has been killed, he finds callow but eager Ben Owens temporarily acting as sheriff. Soon Ben, who wants to keep his new position, is looking to Morgan for guidance. Though the bounty hunter has his own issues with law enforcement, he admires Ben's enthusiasm and decides to train him to be an effective sheriff.
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Jake Cole Slant Magazine Apr 12, 2024
Less bleak than Anthony Mann’s westerns with James Stewart, including Winchester ’73 and Bend of the River, The Tin Star still wastes little time sketching an unwelcoming vision of the Old West. Go to Full Review
Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Apr 30, 2024
4/5
The writing here is decent and the direction is very much of its time, keeping the style of Western from the 1950s ... Go to Full Review
Film Culture Staff Film Culture Jun 7, 2022
Henry Fonda and Tony Perkins are excellent in this latest chronicle of moral doubt in the once unfaltering West. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Nov 12, 2019
Fonda's acute performance makes this "adult western" worth seeing. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Nov 9, 2006
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Perkins in an audition for his Psycho role. Go to Full Review
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly Jan 5, 2005
4/5
An understated, terrific western Go to Full Review
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Leia S Oct 11, 2017 Too many cliches, but the sherif mentoring was good.
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Anthony Mann

Director

Henry Fonda

Morgan "Morg" Hickman

Anthony Perkins

Sheriff Ben Owens

Betsy Palmer

Nona Mayfield

Neville Brand

Bart Bogardus

Lee Van Cleef

Ed McGaffey

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The Tin Star

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Synopsis Morgan Hickman is a tough gunslinger with a knack for keeping his cool in tense situations. When he wanders into a town where the local lawman has been killed, he finds callow but eager Ben Owens temporarily acting as sheriff. Soon Ben, who wants to keep his new position, is looking to Morgan for guidance. Though the bounty hunter has his own issues with law enforcement, he admires Ben's enthusiasm and decides to train him to be an effective sheriff.
Director
Anthony Mann
Producer
William Perlberg, George Seaton
Screenwriter
Dudley Nichols
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Perlsea Company
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 23, 1957, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 12, 2010
Runtime
1h 33m
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