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The Tin Star (Paramount, 1957)

  The apprentice   Director Anthony Mann said, “It’s quite a simple story, a lesson in apprenticeship.” And that’s about right, as experienced gunman tutors tyro sheriff, giving him the skills to survive in a tough Western town.   After the bust-up with James Stewart over Night Passage, Mann made the rather disappointing cavalry Western […]