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Feature film — 1955

Tennessee's Partner (1955)

6.51h 27mWestern

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...

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A high-signal pick with 23 votes.

RKO Radio Pictures / Benedict Bogeaus Production / Pinecrest Productions

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Director: Allan Dwan

On screen

Cast & crew

John Payne as Tennessee

John Payne

Tennessee

Ronald Reagan as Cowpoke

Ronald Reagan

Cowpoke

Rhonda Fleming as Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham

Rhonda Fleming

Elizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham

Coleen Gray as Goldie Slater

Coleen Gray

Goldie Slater

Anthony Caruso as Turner

Anthony Caruso

Turner

Morris Ankrum as Judge Parker

Morris Ankrum

Judge Parker

Leo Gordon as The Sheriff

Leo Gordon

The Sheriff

Chubby Johnson as Grubstake McNiven

Chubby Johnson

Grubstake McNiven

Joe Devlin as Prendergast

Joe Devlin

Prendergast

Myron Healey as Reynolds

Myron Healey

Reynolds

J

John Mansfield

Clifford

Angie Dickinson as Abby Dean (uncredited)

Angie Dickinson

Abby Dean (uncredited)

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