Tennessee's Partner (1955)

6.5/10 87 min Western

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...

Cast

John Payne

Tennessee

Ronald Reagan

Cowpoke

Rhonda Fleming

Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham

Coleen Gray

Goldie Slater

Anthony Caruso

Turner (as Tony Caruso)

Morris Ankrum

Judge Parker

Leo Gordon

The Sheriff

Chubby Johnson

Grubstake McNiven

Joe Devlin

Prendergast

Myron Healey

Reynolds

Angie Dickinson

Abby Dean (uncredited)

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