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The Tin Star is a 1957 American Western film based on a short story, directed in VistaVision by Anthony Mann and starring Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins, in one of Perkins' first roles. The film became one of the few low-budget westerns to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Writing, Story or Screenplay .
A former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young acting sheriff in a town threatened by bandits. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this classic western film.
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- Anthony Mann
- 1957-11-06
A western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins and Betsy Palmer. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and other crew members who worked on The Tin Star.
Based on the story The Tin Badge by Barney Slater and Joel Kane, aging screenwriter Dudley Nichols fashioned The Tin Star (1957), a straightforward Western of an older man trying to impart some hard-won wisdom to a young greenhorn who's trying to do right in a world often gone wrong.
A bounty hunter and a young sheriff team up to fight a local bully in a small town. IMDb provides multiple plot summaries, cast and crew information, user reviews, trivia, and FAQ for this classic western film.
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When he wanders into a town where the local lawman has been killed, he finds callow but eager Ben Owens (Anthony Perkins) temporarily acting as sheriff. Soon Ben, who wants to keep his new ...
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