- The Tin Star
Infobox_Film
name = The Tin Star
caption = Theatrical release poster
imdb_id = 0051087
producer =William Perlberg George Seaton
director =Anthony Mann
writer =Joel Kane Dudley Nichols Barney Slater
starring =Henry Fonda Anthony Perkins
music =Elmer Bernstein
cinematography =Loyal Griggs
editing =Alma Macrorie
distributor =Paramount Pictures
released =October 23 ,1957
runtime = 93 min.
country =United States
language = English"The Tin Star" is a 1957 American western film directed by
Anthony Mann and starringHenry Fonda andAnthony Perkins , in one of Perkins' first roles. The film became one of the few low budget westerns to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Story or Screenplay. Since its release, the film has become one of the classics of the genre.Plot
Universally disdained, bounty hunter Morgan Hickman (
Henry Fonda ) arrives in a small town with a dead outlaw in tow. While the town's population openly abhors Hickman, young sheriff Ben Owen (Anthony Perkins ) admires the man for taking everything in stride and knowing how to handle dangerous situations. When Owens learns Hickman was once a sheriff himself, he convinces Hickman to teach him the ways of a lawman, forcing Hickman to face his past and lost virtues.Cast
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Henry Fonda as Morg Hickman
*Anthony Perkins as Sheriff Ben Owens
*Betsy Palmer as Nona Mayfield
*Michel Ray as Kip Mayfield
*Neville Brand as Bart Bogardus
*John McIntire as Dr. Joseph J. 'Doc' McCord
*Mary Webster as Millie Parker
*Peter Baldwin as Zeke McGaffey
*Richard Shannon as Buck Henderson
*Lee Van Cleef as Ed McGaffeyExternal links
*imdb title|id=0051087|title=The Tin Star
*rotten-tomatoes|id=tin_star|title=The Tin Star
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