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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 .
The Tin Star: Directed by Anthony Mann. With Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Michel Ray. A cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun.
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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.
The Tin Star is a classic Western story by John M. Cunningham, adapted into the movie High Noon. It depicts a sheriff who faces a vengeful gang in a small town, despite his arthritis and resignation.
A bounty hunter and a young sheriff team up to fight a local bully in a small town. IMDb provides the plot details, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this classic western film.
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For $40 a month and a shiny Tin Star…the young sheriff faced the mob alone…except for the angry ex-sheriff who couldn’t watch him die and a hero-worshipping boy who lived only for the day he’d wear a Tin Star of his own!
