Movie
The Tin Star
Overview
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-11-06
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Perlsea Company
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Morgan Hickman
- Anthony Perkins as Ben Owens
- Betsy Palmer as Nona Mayfield
- Michel Ray as Kip Mayfield
- Neville Brand as Bart Bogardus
- John McIntire as Joseph "Doc" McCord
- Mary Webster as Millie Parker
- Peter Baldwin as Zeke McGaffey
- Richard Shannon as Buck Henderson
- Lee Van Cleef as Ed McGaffey
- James Bell as Judge Thatcher
- Howard Petrie as Harvey King
Crew
- Anthony Mann - Director
- Dudley Nichols - Screenplay
- Barney Slater - Story
- Joel Kane - Story
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