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The Tin Star. (1957) PG12 10/23/1957 (US) Western 1h 33m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. 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!
The Tin Star (1957) ← Back to main. Cast 58. Henry Fonda. Morgan Hickman Anthony Perkins. Ben Owens Betsy Palmer. Nona Mayfield Michel Ray. Kip Mayfield ...
Apr 27, 2024 · The Tin Star is unlike any of Mann’s westerns — it’s less violent than any of the James Stewart westerns, and its heroes aren’t conflicted or neurotic. When Jim Kitses kicked off a critical reassessment of Anthony Mann and Budd Boetticher, The Tin Star was pretty much ignored. It’s as close as Mann came to a family values western ...
Anthony Perkins plays Ben Owens, a greenhorn sheriff who hasn't worn his badge long... and won't live to wear it much longer unless he gets some savvy help. Fonda, bringing to his role the presence and plain speaking that made him an icon of the cinematic West, plays wily bounty hunter Morg Hickman.
When the experienced bounty-hunter and former sheriff Morg Hickman arrives in a town to claim his bounty for killing a wanted outlaw, he meets the rookie temporary sheriff Ben Owens. Hickman befriends the boy Kip (Michel Ray) and is lodged by his widow mother Nona Mayfield at home. Meanwhile Ben asks Hickman to teach him to be a sheriff since ...
The story of Jim Worth, an expat British police officer starting a new life with his family as police chief in Little Big Bear, an idyllic town near the Rocky Mountains. When his small town is overrun by migrant workers from a massive new oil refinery – the wave of drugs, prostitution and organised crime that follows them threatens to sweep away everything in its wake.
"The Tin Star" is a great western directed by Antony Mann, with the 52 year-old Henry Fonda in excellent shape and Anthony Perkins in one of his first features. The bitter Hickman has a sad past that has certainly affected his behavior and Anthony Perkins is perfect in the role of the insecure Ben Owens.
