Tennessee's Partner

Tennessee's Partner
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Produced by	Benedict Bogeaus
Screenplay by	Graham Baker D.D. Beauchamp Milton Krims Teddi Sherman Uncredited: Allan Dwan
Story by	Bret Harte
Starring	John Payne Ronald Reagan Rhonda Fleming Coleen Gray
Music by	Louis Forbes Uncredited: Howard Jackson William Lava
Cinematography	John Alton
Edited by	James Leicester
Production company	Filmcrest Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	September 21, 1955 (1955-09-21)^[1]
Running time	86 minutes^[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.1 million (US)^[3]

Tennessee's Partner is a 1955 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan, written by Graham Baker, D.D. Beauchamp, Milton Krims, and Teddi Sherman with uncredited rewrites by Dwan, and starring John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, and Coleen Gray.

While the film is based upon one of Bret Harte's most popular short stories, it departs significantly from the original storyline. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures, which was then owned by industrialist Howard Hughes.

Cast

John Payne as Tennessee
Ronald Reagan as Cowpoke
Rhonda Fleming as Elizabeth "Duchess" Farnham
Coleen Gray as Goldie Slater
Tony Caruso as Turner
Morris Ankrum as Judge Parker
Leo Gordon as the Sheriff
Chubby Johnson as Grubstake McNiven
Joe Devlin as Prendergast
Myron Healey as Reynolds
John Mansfield as Clifford
Angie Dickinson (uncredited) as Abby Dean

Legacy

This film inspired one of the greatest hits of The Four Seasons. As the character based on Bob Gaudio explains in the musical Jersey Boys, "I'm watching the million dollar movie. Some cheesy John Payne western. He hauls off and smacks Rhonda Fleming across the mouth and says, 'What do you think of that?' She looks up at him defiant, proud, eyes glistening - and she says, 'Big girls don't cry.'"

References

↑ "Tennessee's Partner: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ "TENNESSEE'S PARTNER (A)". British Board of Film Classification. October 19, 1955. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
↑ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956

External links

Tennessee's Partner at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Allan Dwan

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Her Big Story (1913)
The Restless Spirit (1913)
Back to Life (1913)
Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
The Lie (1914)
The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
Discord and Harmony (1914)
The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
The Embezzler (1914)
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
The End of the Feud (1914)
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
The Unlawful Trade (1914)
The Forbidden Room (1914)
The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
Richelieu (1914)
The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914)
Wildflower (1914)
The County Chairman (1914)
The Straight Road (1914)
The Conspiracy (1914)
The Dancing Girl (1915)
A Small Town Girl (1915)
David Harum (1915)
The Love Route (1915)
The Commanding Officer (1915)
May Blossom (1915)
The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
The Good Bad Man (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Fifty-Fifty (1916)
Accusing Evidence (1916)
Fighting Odds (1917)
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Headin' South (1918)
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Bound in Morocco (1918)
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
A Perfect Crime (1921)
The Hidden Woman (1922)
Robin Hood (1922)
Lawful Larceny (1923)
Zaza (1923)
Big Brother (1923)
A Society Scandal (1924)
Manhandled (1924)
Her Love Story (1924)
Wages of Virtue (1924)
Argentine Love (1924)
The Coast of Folly (1925)
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Sea Horses (1926)
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Summer Bachelors (1926)
The Music Master (1927)
The Joy Girl (1927)
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French Dressing (1927)
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Tide of Empire (1929)
The Far Call (1929)
Frozen Justice (1929)
South Sea Rose (1929)
What a Widow! (1930)
Man to Man (1930)
Chances (1931)
Wicked (1931)
While Paris Sleeps (1932)
Her First Affaire (1932)
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Black Sheep (1935)
Navy Wife (1935)
Song and Dance Man (1936)
Human Cargo (1936)
High Tension (1936)
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Woman-Wise (1937)
That I May Live (1937)
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
Heidi (1937)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Suez (1938)
Josette (1938)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Gorilla (1939)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Young People (1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Rise and Shine (1941)
Friendly Enemies (1942)
Here We Go Again (1942)
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
Brewster's Millions (1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
Calendar Girl (1947)
Northwest Outpost (1947)
Driftwood (1947)
The Inside Story (1948)
Angel in Exile (1948)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Surrender (1950)
Belle Le Grand (1951)
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
Montana Belle (1952)
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
Flight Nurse (1953)
Silver Lode (1954)
Passion (1954)
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Escape to Burma (1955)
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
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Hold Back the Night (1956)
The River's Edge (1957)
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Tennessee's Partner

Cast

Legacy

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