The Tin Star

Nov 6, 1957

1h 33m

★ 7.0

For $40 a month and a shiny Tin Star…the young sheriff faced the mob alone…except for the angry ex-sheriff who couldn’t watch him die and a hero-worshipping boy who lived only for the day he’d wear a Tin Star of his own!

Overview

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Perlsea Company

The Tin Star Trailers

Cast

Morgan Hickman

Henry Fonda

Ben Owens

Anthony Perkins

Nona Mayfield

Betsy Palmer

Kip Mayfield

Michel Ray

Bart Bogardus

Neville Brand

Joseph "Doc" McCord

John McIntire

Millie Parker

Mary Webster

Zeke McGaffey

Peter Baldwin

Buck Henderson

Richard Shannon

Ed McGaffey

Lee Van Cleef

Judge Thatcher

James Bell

Harvey King

Howard Petrie

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

Mar 11, 1943

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

6.3

Tom Horn

Mar 28, 1980

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.

7.4

El Dorado

Dec 17, 1966

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

7.7

High Noon

Jun 9, 1952

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

7.8

Rio Bravo

Mar 18, 1959

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

6.8

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

May 15, 2017

After encountering a group of bandits with plans to rape and steal from her, a young widow ventures into the wilderness in search of justice.

6.1

The Halliday Brand

Jan 1, 1957

Sheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind hate threatens to alienate his whole family.

6.3

The Jack Bull

Apr 17, 1999

The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's complaint, the war he wages to force Ballard to nurse the emaciated animals back to health escalates into a vigilante manhunt, murder and the possible defeat of Wyoming's bid for statehood.

6.4

Duel in the Sun

Dec 31, 1946

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

7.0

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

May 30, 1957

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

5.6

Pony Express

Jun 15, 1953

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way they must battle bad weather, hostile Indians and outlaws intent on robbing the mail and shutting down the entire operation.

0.0

Miro

Aug 13, 2017

When Miro returns home at the end of World War II he finds his land taken, his people gone, his daughter stolen and his service record treated with contempt. But the battlefield has taught him how to fight and he sets out to reunite his family waging his own form of justice.

6.3

The Plainsman

Nov 16, 1936

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

6.6

Chato's Land

May 25, 1972

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.

6.7

Warlock

May 15, 1959

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

6.6

Zorro

Mar 6, 1975

A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta, he pretends to be weak and indecisive so Huerta will believe he poses no threat. But secretly he masquerades as Zorro, and joins the monk Francisco and the beautiful aristocrat Hortensia in their fight for justice against Huerta and his soldiers.

3.2

Dream of Zorro

Aug 16, 1975

No overview available.

5.4

Stranger on Horseback

Mar 22, 1955

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.

6.4

The Proud Ones

May 15, 1956

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.