The Tin Star

United States

1957

93 Min

Black and White

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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PROD William Perlberg, George Seaton

SCR Joel Kane, Dudley Nichols, Barney Slater

CAST Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Michel Ray, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef

Anthony Mann

Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director.

Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, Mann was the son of an Austrian immigrant, Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and Bertha Waxelbaum of Macon, Georgia.

Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures.

Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures.

Mann was respected for his acute visual sensitivity toward the American Western landscape, effortlessly blending natural vistas with human drama. Mann’s dramas verged on classical tragedy, often showing anguished heroes attempting to resolve personal pain and confusion.

In 1967, Mann died from a heart attack in Berlin, Germany while filming the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic. The film was completed by the film’s star, Laurence Harvey… read more

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Holyphool

5Jun11

An intimate, magisterial western, with Fonda, the enigmatic, but kind bounty hunter, the lanky, lunky Anthony Perkins as the stand-in sherriff, a posse of nasty racist hangers (lead by the evil Neville Brand), some love interest, and a young boy, foments into a tense, wonderfully photographed essay on corruption and redemption. No one can beat Mann in these subtle, psychological battles between men of the west.

Dave

25May11

Yes, that is Anthony Perkins masquerading as a gunfighter. A solid, if unspectacular western from Anthony Mann. Mann certainly made better, this one deserves to be seen by any fans of the genre.