Tennessee's Partner
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus |
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| Story by | Bret Harte |
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| Cinematography | John Alton |
| Edited by | James Leicester |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.1 million (US) |
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.
While the film is based upon one of Bret Harte's most popular short stories, it departs significantly from the original storyline. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures, which was then owned by industrialist Howard Hughes.
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.'"
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