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{{Infobox film

| name = Tennessee's Partner

| image = Poster of the movie Tennessee's Partner.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Allan Dwan

| producer = Benedict Bogeaus

| screenplay =

| based_on =

| starring =

| music =

| cinematography = John Alton

| editing = James Leicester

| studio = Filmcrest Productions

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1.1 million (US)'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', 'Variety Weekly', January 25, 1956

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'Tennessee's Partner' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan, written by Graham Baker, D. D. Beauchamp, Milton Krims, and Teddi Sherman, with uncredited rewrites by Dwan, and starring John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, and Coleen Gray.

The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures, which was then owned by industrialist Howard Hughes. While the film is based upon one of Bret Harte's most popular short stories, "Tennessees Pardner," it departs significantly from the original storyline. The 1869 Harte story has also been filmed as 'Tennessee's Pardner' (1916), 'The Flaming Forties' (1924), and 'The Golden Princess' (1925).

Plot



Cast



* John Payne as Tennessee

* Ronald Reagan as Cowpoke

* Rhonda Fleming as Elizabeth "Duchess" Farnham

* Coleen Gray as Goldie Slater

* Tony Caruso as Turner

* Morris Ankrum as Judge Parker

* Leo Gordon as the Sheriff

* Chubby Johnson as Grubstake McNiven

* Joe Deviln as Prendergast

* Myron Healey as Reynolds

* John Mansfield as Clifford

* Angie Dickinson ('uncredited') as Abby Dean

Legacy



This film inspired one of the greatest hits of The Four Seasons. As the character based on Bob Gaudio explains in the musical 'Jersey Boys', "I'm watching the million dollar movie. Some cheesy John Payne western. He hauls off and smacks Rhonda Fleming across the mouth and says, 'What do you think of that?' She looks up at him defiant, proud, eyes glistening and she says, 'Big girls don't cry.'"

See also



* List of American films of 1955

* Ronald Reagan filmography

References




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