{"id":72247,"date":"2021-05-30T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T19:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72247"},"modified":"2022-05-18T23:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T06:31:01","slug":"tin-star-the-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72247","title":{"rendered":"Tin Star, The (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;d better take off that tin star and stay alive.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster-702x1024.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster-88x128.png 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster-768x1121.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster-185x270.png 185w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Poster.png 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA former-sheriff-turned-bounty-hunter (Henry Fonda) rides into a town where the current sheriff (Anthony Perkins) is afraid to face the local bully (Neville Brand). Fonda soon falls for a widow (Betsy Palmer) with a young half-Native son (Michel Ray), and Perkins gradually learns the tricks of his trade &#8212; perhaps enough to convince his girlfriend (Mary Webster) to marry him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anthony Mann Films<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Perkins Films<\/li>\n<li>Betsy Palmer Films<\/li>\n<li>Henry Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>John McIntire Films<\/li>\n<li>Lee Van Cleef Films<\/li>\n<li>Mentors<\/li>\n<li>Neville Brand Films<\/li>\n<li>Sheriffs and Marshals<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary opens his review of this Anthony Mann-directed western by noting that &#8220;the typical leads&#8221; in such films &#8220;are men who were once solid citizens in the increasingly tame West, but had something terrible happen to wreck their settled lives &#8212; usually the deaths of everyone they loved, caused by people they had trusted &#8212; that sent them on crazed, savage paths of revenge throughout the West,&#8221; thus leading Mann to show &#8220;how these men finally rid themselves of their inner demons, allowing the prodigal sons to be welcomed back into civilization.&#8221; Such is the case here, with Fonda playing a &#8216;hero&#8217; who &#8220;became a ruthless bounty hunter after his wife and child died,&#8221; who &#8220;rides into a struggling town where a young deputy (Anthony Perkins) is in over his head trying to bring about law and order.&#8221; Peary notes that perhaps Fonda sees &#8220;himself in Perkins, who had been a youth with hopes, dreams, and ideals,&#8221; and thus he &#8220;teaches him the ropes so that he can handle any situation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Ropes2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Ropes2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Ropes2.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Ropes2-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Ropes2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Ropes2-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Ropes2-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he &#8220;becomes attached to&#8221; a widow and her son &#8212; a &#8220;ready-made new family&#8221; &#8212; and once &#8220;again has something to live for.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Family.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Family.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Family.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Family-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Family-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Family-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Family-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, <em>The Tin Star<\/em> has a &#8220;pacifist theme, unusual for a western,&#8221; and &#8220;Mann succeeds in getting us to want a peaceful resolution, without hero-vs.-bad-guy confrontation scenes.&#8221; Meanwhile, &#8220;Fonda gives a very controlled, sensible performance&#8221; &#8212; not &#8220;nearly as neurotic as Jimmy Stewart in his Mann films.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Fonda2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Fonda2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Fonda2.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Fonda2-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Fonda2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Fonda2-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Fonda2-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in overall agreement with Peary&#8217;s review of this well-made western, nicely filmed by cinematographer Loyal Griggs and featuring a relatively uncomplicated tale of mentoring and redemption in the Old West. Film fanatics will surely enjoy seeing Betsy Palmer (of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69513\"><em>Friday the 13th<\/em><\/a> notoriety) as a sympathetic young single mother:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Palmer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Palmer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Palmer.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Palmer-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Palmer-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Palmer-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Palmer-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Neville brand as (naturally) a baddie: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Brand.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Brand.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Brand.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Brand-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Brand-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Brand-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Brand-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and John McIntire giving a quiet but powerful performance as the beloved town doctor.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-McIntire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-McIntire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-McIntire.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-McIntire-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-McIntire-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-McIntire-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-McIntire-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Loyal Griggs&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography4.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography4-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography4-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography4-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography4-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography2.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography2-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography2-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography2-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography.png 850w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tin-Star-Cinematography-474x270.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Elmer Bernstein&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look if you like westerns. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051087\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-tin-star\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1215star.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;d better take off that tin star and stay alive.&#8221; Synopsis: A former-sheriff-turned-bounty-hunter (Henry Fonda) rides into a town where the current sheriff (Anthony Perkins) is afraid to face the local bully (Neville Brand). Fonda soon falls for a widow (Betsy Palmer) with a young half-Native son (Michel Ray), and Perkins gradually learns the tricks of his trade &#8212; perhaps enough to convince his girlfriend (Mary Webster) to marry him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Anthony Mann Films Anthony Perkins&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72247\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72247"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84236,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72247\/revisions\/84236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}