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Tennessee's Partner

1955 · 87 min

A leisurely old-fashioned western that ambles through card games and riverboats before landing a surprisingly tender, bittersweet punch about friendship.

Tagline
When the West was a Shameless Young Hussy!
Overview
A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke ('My friends call me Cowpoke'), in town to meet his fiancée Goldie on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried...

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
Allan Dwan
Written by
D.D. Beauchamp, Teddi Sherman, Milton Krims, C. Graham Baker
Starring
John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray, Anthony Caruso, Morris Ankrum, Leo Gordon, Chubby Johnson
Music
Louis Forbes, William Lava
Cinematography
John Alton
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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