The Tin Star

The Tin Star
File:Thetinstar.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Produced by	William Perlberg George Seaton
Written by	Joel Kane Dudley Nichols Barney Slater
Starring	Henry Fonda Anthony Perkins
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Loyal Griggs
Edited by	Alma Macrorie
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	October 23, 1957 (1957-10-23)
Running time	93 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million (US rentals)

The Tin Star was first a short story then a 1957 American western film directed 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 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 Owens (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 persuades Hickman to teach him the ways of a lawman, forcing Hickman to face his past and lost virtues.

Cast

• Henry Fonda as Morgan 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 McGaffey
• Frank McGrath as Jim Clark, the Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)

See also

• List of American films of 1957

External links

• The Tin Star at IMDb
• The Tin Star at Rotten Tomatoes