The Tin Star

film by Mann [1957]

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discussed in biography

  • In Anthony Mann: The 1950s: westerns of Anthony Mann

    The Tin Star (1957) used polar opposites Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins to good effect as a seasoned bounty hunter and a greenhorn sheriff, respectively. Mann’s version of Erskine Caldwell’s best seller God’s Little Acre (1958) was strengthened by the presence of Ryan and Ray,…

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role of Perkins

  • Psycho
    In Anthony Perkins

    …in Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Tin Star (1957), and Desire Under the Elms (1958), before attracting international notice for Psycho.

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