Tennessee's Partner

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Tennessee's Partner
Directed by Allan Dwan
Written by Bret Harte (story)
Starring John Payne
Ronald Reagan
Rhonda Fleming
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s) 1955
Running time 87 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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Tennessee's Partner is a 1955 film starring Ronald Reagan in what Peter Bogdanovich calls his "most likeable performance." It co-starred John Payne as Tennessee.

It was directed by Allan Dwan, who lived to be 96 and had a 52-year directorial career.

Tennessee's Partner is also one of the greatest short stories of Bret Harte's fiction career. Harte lived from the 19th to beginning of the 20th century. This film is based upon Bret Harte's work. The film was released by RKO, which was then owned by industrialist Howard Hughes, who was known for his support of political conservatives.

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