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      Tension at Table Rock

      Released Oct 3, 1956 1 hr. 33 min. Western List
      Reviews 45% 50+ Ratings Audience Score When locals are wrongfully led to believe that Wes Tancred (Richard Egan) murdered a gunslinger in cold blood, they exile the innocent man. Tancred sets off in search of a new start and arrives in the dusty hamlet of Table Rock -- only to find his reputation has preceded him. To avoid trouble, Tancred uses an assumed name. But, when Sheriff Fred Miller (Cameron Mitchell) talks of trouble at the hands of a violent gang, Tancred agrees to be deputized, and struggles for his shot at redemption. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Absolutely outstanding western here very good highly recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas, July 26, 2023 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/25/23 Full Review Audience Member This film had the hallmark of a studio B picture, the kind produced by the bushel in the 1950s. Richard Egan never became a huge star but he had a fine career and here he was the strong, soft-spoken man with a past he is running from. This film has much going for it, rising above the typical Western output of the loner who helps a man and a town stand up to bullying cattlemen. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Strong b-movie western, although it does borrow from other films for its story and finale. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A boring western that ends in a unrelated shoot out in the end. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member This superb '50s western is what I term a "minor masterpiece". By that I do not mean that it is inferior, rather that its "B" status will inevitably always relegate it to side discussions when the "big" westerns are brought up. But a very convincing argument can be made that this, and many other '50s "B" westerns-including almost all of the Audie Murphy ones-are the absolute pinnacle of the genre--This is a movie with a solid script, really a very good cast, and a decent script. It is a later RKO production completed in a short time before Lucy & Desi bought the studio. It is one of a handful of films of this type shot in color during the 1950's... Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys!! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review dave j Thursday, November 1, 2012 (1956) Tension At Table Rock WESTERN Two bounty hunters in a log cabin are at split ends with one another resulting to one of them attempting to shoot the other one on the back and it was because of his selfish girlfriend lusting after his partner behind his back. And he was shot in self defense, but the only witness that was present says otherwise since she despised him for not falling for her advances. He gives himself up and while in jail he gets released because of a full pardon, he collects the money for the bounty when it should've been divided with his partner and upon going to a saloon, he gets mocked by several gunmen for shooting his partner in the back. It is soon revealed to the viewers that the person he shot happends to be a well known professional gunfighter and that as a result of him being killed created a popular song about how the star shot his partner and best friend in cold blood when it was clearly in self defense. He gets provoked by this while drinking in a saloon and after losing to some fisticuffs with him against 3 to 5 men, he then leaves the town and goes somewhere else. And while riding he comes across an almost abandoned area consisting of a barn and wooden house. He's then offered a job working there by a crippled man who happends to have a 12 year old son, it is soon revealed that it is only a stopping point when stagecoaches pass by before going somewhere else. Strictly by the book Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Leaves some red stains on the desert trails and a lot of tension in the dusty prairie town of Table Rock. Rated: B- Oct 6, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis When locals are wrongfully led to believe that Wes Tancred (Richard Egan) murdered a gunslinger in cold blood, they exile the innocent man. Tancred sets off in search of a new start and arrives in the dusty hamlet of Table Rock -- only to find his reputation has preceded him. To avoid trouble, Tancred uses an assumed name. But, when Sheriff Fred Miller (Cameron Mitchell) talks of trouble at the hands of a violent gang, Tancred agrees to be deputized, and struggles for his shot at redemption.
      Director
      Charles Marquis Warren
      Screenwriter
      Winston Miller
      Distributor
      RKO Radio Pictures
      Production Co
      RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
      Genre
      Western
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 3, 1956, Original