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The Tin Star directed by Anthony Mann is a well-crafted tale of the old west with a pair of fine performers Henry Fonda, and Anthony Perkins at the center fleshing out a story of teacher-student, and father-son, reaffirming basic integrity of personal values. It’s not the best western... Read full review »
Henry Fonda teachning and learning from Anthony Perkins in a character-drived Anthony Mann western
When I finally caught up with Anthony Mann's 1957 western "The Tin Star," I was surprised that it was in black-and-white. There are some great black-an-white westerns (The Gunfighter, My Darling Clementine,Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; , the later "Lonely Are the Brave," and I'd include "The... Read full review »
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Anthony Mann made some of the greatest Westerns of the 1950s, all in partnership with James Stewart. Perhaps needing to prove himself as his own man, in 1957 Mann dropped out of Night Passage to do this film. It's a rather schematic character study about a lawman-turned-boun ty-hunter (Henry Fonda) who undertakes the professional shaping-up of an effete young sheriff (Anthony Perkins) too tentative to police the streets of his town. Those streets are compositionally present right outside the oversize window of the office where Perkins undergoes a lot of his soul-searching and arguments with Fonda. That's typical of the film-- scrupulously designed, yet abstract to the point of dramatic aridity. The VistaVision black-and-white of cameraman Loyal Griggs (Oscar®-winner for Shane) is at once stark and glossy. Fonda's own reclamation as a social being is accomplished by way of a not-very- interesting subplot involving Betsy Palmer and a half-breed child played by Michel Ray. --Richard T. Jameson
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The Tin Star
Anthony Mann made some of the greatest Westerns of the 1950s, all in partnership with James Stewart. Perhaps needing to prove himself as his own man, in 1957 Mann dropped out of Night Passage to do this film. It's a rather schematic character study about a lawman-turned-boun ty-hunter (Henry Fonda) who undertakes the professional shaping-up of an effete young sheriff (Anthony Perkins) too tentative to police the streets of his town. Those streets are compositionally present right outside the oversize window of the office where Perkins undergoes a lot of his soul-searching and arguments with Fonda. That's typical of the film-- scrupulously designed, yet abstract to the point of dramatic aridity. The VistaVision black-and-white of cameraman Loyal Griggs (Oscar®-winner for Shane) is at once stark and glossy. Fonda's own reclamation as a social being is accomplished by way of a not-very- interesting subplot involving Betsy Palmer and a half-breed child played by Michel Ray. --Richard T. Jameson
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| Stars | Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Henry Fonda | |
| Actors | Howard Petrie, James Bell, John McIntire, Lee Van Cleef, Mary Webster, Michel Ray, Neville Brand, Richard Shannon | |
| Available Formats | DVD, DVD: Checkpoint, VHS | |
| UPC | 097360570823, 097360570830, 097360570847 | |
| Directors | Anthony Mann | |
| Genre | Westerns | |
| Subgenre | Character Study • Friendships • Classic | |
| MPAA Rating | Not Rated | |
| Release Date | 1957 | |
| Running Time | 1hr 33min | |
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| Original Language | English | |
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| Screenwriter | Dudley Nichols | |
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| Professional Reviews | (08/20/1992, p.6D, Mike Clark): "...With enough social consciousness to give it a following..." | |
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