# Tension at Table Rock
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{{Short description|1956 film by Charles Marquis Warren}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Tension at Table Rock
| image = File:Tension at Table Rock.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [Charles Marquis Warren](/source/Charles_Marquis_Warren)
| producer = Sam Wiesenthal
| based_on = {{based on|''Bitter Sage''
1954 novel|[Frank Gruber](/source/Frank_Gruber_(writer))}}
| screenplay = [Winston Miller](/source/Winston_Miller)
| starring = [Richard Egan](/source/Richard_Egan_(actor))
[Dorothy Malone](/source/Dorothy_Malone)
[Cameron Mitchell](/source/Cameron_Mitchell_(actor))
[Angie Dickinson](/source/Angie_Dickinson)
| music = [Dimitri Tiomkin](/source/Dimitri_Tiomkin)
| cinematography = [Joseph F. Biroc](/source/Joseph_F._Biroc)
| editing = [Doane Harrison](/source/Doane_Harrison)
[Harry Marker](/source/Harry_Marker)
| studio = Sam Wiesenthal Productions
| distributor = [RKO Radio Pictures](/source/RKO_Radio_Pictures)
| released = {{film date|1956|10|3}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross = $1.4 million (US/Canada [rentals](/source/theatrical_rental))[{{cite magazine|title=Top Film Grossers of 1956|magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=January 2, 1957|page=1}}]
}}
'''''Tension at Table Rock''''' is a 1956 American [Western](/source/Western_(genre)) [drama](/source/Drama_(genre)) film directed by [Charles Marquis Warren](/source/Charles_Marquis_Warren) and starring [Richard Egan](/source/Richard_Egan_(actor)) and [Dorothy Malone](/source/Dorothy_Malone). The film stars [Richard Egan](/source/Richard_Egan_(actor)) as a man vilified after killing a famous gunslinger who was a public hero.[{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/tension-at-table-rock-49080|title=Tension at Table Rock (1956) - Charles Marquis, Charles Marquis Warren - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}]
==Plot==
After killing a man whom many thought was his friend, Wes Tancred is assaulted and immortalized in an uncomplimentary song about one man shooting his best friend in the back; when in fact Wes' friend was reaching for his gun to shoot Wes in the back as he started out the door. Wes leaves town and winds up working as a hostler at a Stagecoach Outpost. He adopts an alias and befriends the father and son who run the outpost. Three outlaws arrive with plans to rob the stagecoach when it arrives. The father is killed in a showdown with the three outlaws. Wes kills them and takes the boy to live with his aunt and uncle, who is the Sheriff in Table Rock. A reckless band of herders that are running a cattle drive come to town with revelry and kill a sodbuster. In court there is testimony presented that the murder was self-defense because the ramrodder had placed a weapon in the victim's hand. Both the Sheriff and Wes are aware of this; however, the Sheriff, who was traumatized from a previous beating, states in his report that it was self-defense. He revises his report when Wes steps forward with testimony to the contrary, challenging him to overcome his fear. Wes shoots down a hired gun that comes to town to kill the Sheriff and the Sheriff, in turn, shoots the man who hires the gunman when he attempts to shoot Wes in the back.
==Cast==
* [Richard Egan](/source/Richard_Egan_(actor)) as Wes Tancred / John Bailey
* [Dorothy Malone](/source/Dorothy_Malone) as Lorna Miller
* [Cameron Mitchell](/source/Cameron_Mitchell_(actor)) as Fred Miller
* [Billy Chapin](/source/Billy_Chapin) as Jody Burrows
* [Royal Dano](/source/Royal_Dano) as Harry Jameson
* [Edward Andrews](/source/Edward_Andrews) as Kirk
* [John Dehner](/source/John_Dehner) as Hampton
* [DeForest Kelley](/source/DeForest_Kelley) as Jim Breck
* [Joe De Santis](/source/Joe_De_Santis) as Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis)
* [Angie Dickinson](/source/Angie_Dickinson) as Cathy
* [Paul Richards](/source/Paul_Richards_(actor)) as Sam Murdock
* [Lauren Chapin](/source/Lauren_Chapin) as Little Girl (uncredited)
* [Charles H. Gray](/source/Charles_H._Gray) as Zecca (uncredited)
* [Joyce Jameson](/source/Joyce_Jameson) as Singer (uncredited)
* [Suzanne Ridgeway](/source/Suzanne_Ridgeway) as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
* [Jeanne Bates](/source/Jeanne_Bates) as Mrs. Brice (uncredited)
==Production==
[Sterling Hayden](/source/Sterling_Hayden) claimed he had been hired for six weeks to appear in the film but [RKO Pictures](/source/RKO_Pictures) disclaimed the agreement so he sued them for $35,000. RKO settled out of court.[{{cite magazine|title=Sterling Hayden Settles|magazine=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=January 1, 1958|page=2|url=https://archive.org/details/variety209-1958-01/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=October 15, 2021|via=[Archive.org](/source/Archive.org)}}]
==See also==
*[List of American films of 1956](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1956)
==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{AFI film|52029}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|tension_at_table_rock}}
{{Charles Marquis Warren}}
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Category:1956 films
Category:1956 Western (genre) films
Category:RKO Pictures films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin
Category:Films directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Category:1956 drama films
Category:1956 English-language films
Category:1956 American films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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{{1950s-US-drama-film-stub}}
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