Tennessee’s Partner – In a California mining town, a gold miner, a saloon gambler and a cat-house madam strike an odd alliance revolving around a gold mine claim.
Tennessee’s Partner (1955)
Director: Allan Dwan
Writers: Milton Krims (screenplay), D.D. Beauchamp (screenplay), C. Graham Baker (screenplay)
Stars: John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 1955 (United States)
Filming Location: Republic Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Synopsis:
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…
Reviews:
""Tennessee’s Partner" has a considerably different plot and variety of characters than a typical Western film. I don’t recall having seen it as a youngster in the theater, or ever seeing it on late night TV movie broadcasts. It has a good cast of actors for the day. John Payne ("Miracle on 34th Street") had top billing with Ronald Reagan and Rhonda Fleming in major roles and a cast of well-known supporting actors of the day – Anthony Caruso, Morris Ankrum, Leo Gordon and Coleen Gray.
The story is set in the gold rush foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in northern California. But the plot varies from the usual frontier town with bawdy bars and wild goings on. The area already has taken on a start of respectability, even with the ladies’ establishment with its hostesses, drinks and fine eats, as well as gambling tables. Indeed, one wonders how many places in those days had poker games with $5,000 bets and raises.
But the film has a fair share of fighting and shooting as well. It’s something of a strange film about friendship. Here are some favorite lines from the movie.
Tennessee, "I don’t have any friends." Cowpoke, "Well, that’s somethin’ you don’t know until the time comes. Then you find out."
Cowpoke, "What’s wrong with women?" Tennessee, "They act like women." Cowpoke, "Now, that’s one thing I’ve always liked about ’em."
Cowpoke, "A man can take about anything. Except being made a bigger fool than he already is.""
– written by "SimonJack" on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Tennessee’s Partner
Austria Todesfaust
Belgium La cité des plaisirs(French)
Brazil A Audácia é a Minha Lei
Canada Tennessee’s Partner(English)
Canada Le mariage est pour demain(French)
Denmark Eventyreren fra San Francisco
Finland Villi länsi
France Le mariage est pour demain
France Le bagarreur du Tennessee(DVD box title)
Greece Harti, gynaika kai pistoli(transliterated title)
Iran Sharik-e djasour(Persian)
Italy La jungla dei temerari
Japan 対決の一瞬(Japanese)
Portugal Rivalidade
Romania Partenerul lui Tennessee
Soviet Union Компаньон Теннесси(Russian)
Spain El jugador
Sweden Den vilda staden
Turkey Çapkın Kumarbaz(Turkish)
United Kingdom Tennessee’s Partner
United States Tennessee’s Partner
United States Bret Harte’s Tennessee’s Partner(Working Title)
West Germany Todesfaust
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