The Tin Star

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The Tin Star

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
Editing by Alma Macrorie
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) October 23, 1957
Running time 93 min.
Country United States
Language English
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The Tin Star is 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.

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Universally disdained, bounty hunter Morgan Hickman (Henry Fonda) arrives in a small town with a dead outlaw in tow. While the towns population openly abhors Hickman, young sheriff Ben Owen (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 convinces Hickman to teach him the ways of a lawman, forcing Hickman to face his past and lost virtues.

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