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65% Critic Match
Tennessee's Partner
“When the West was a Shameless Young Hussy!”
6.5 / 10• 1955• 1h 27m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew
John Payne
Tennessee
Lead
Ronald Reagan
Cowpoke
Rhonda Fleming
Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham
Coleen Gray
Goldie Slater
Anthony Caruso
Turner
Morris Ankrum
Judge Parker
Leo Gordon
The Sheriff
Chubby Johnson
Grubstake McNiven
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Allan Dwan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tennessee's Partner is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
