The rifle continues to change hands, moving from a tinhorn gunrunner (John McIntire) to a renegade Indian warrior (Rock Hudson — yes, Everything leads to an extended shootout on a rocky hilltop between the brothers. Certificate: Passed He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner. Winchester '73 (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 1950 Frontiersman Lin McAdam (James Stewart) is attempting to track down both his father's murderer and his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73, as it passes among a diverse group of desperate characters, including a crazed highwayman (Dan Duryea), an immoral gunrunner (John McIntire), a savage young Indian chief (Rock Hudson) and McAdam's own murderous brother (Stephen McNally). When a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.

Certificate: Passed And he presented it well.“And I think that’s what made him a good protagonist in westerns.” It wasn’t like some actor frothing at the mouth, and making a lot of gestures. Relive the funniest moments that happened before the opening credits of "Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The picture is developed in 1873 and talks about Lin McAdam (James Stewart , extremely anxious to show up in more challenging characters) and High Spade (Millard Michell) arrive in Dodge City looking for an enemy called Dutch Henry (Stephen McNally) . Certificate: Passed Frontiersman Lin McAdam (James Stewart) is attempting to track down both his father's murderer and his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73, as it passes among a diverse group of desperate characters, including a crazed highwayman (Dan Duryea), an immoral gunrunner (John McIntire), a savage young Indian chief (Rock Hudson) and McAdam's own murderous brother (Stephen McNally). The journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another parallels a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive. Winchester Repeating Arms Company, manufacturer of Winchester firearms Winchester rifle, a lever-action rifle popular in the US since the mid 19th century The Earps battle the Clantons at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

The sheriff Wyatt Hearp (Will Geer , though initially felt he was badly miscast ) obligates them to leave their guns . “And in all of those Anthony Mann westerns that I grew up with – like “He wasn’t a violent-looking man.

He’d come out very strongly and say, ‘If you can’t tell the story and get it up on the screen without reliance on the spoken word, you’re not using the medium properly.’ Which is pretty much what I realized when I started doing westerns.”Influential film critic Andrew Sarris praised the Stewart/Mann westerns “for their insights into the uneasy relationships between men and women in a world of violence and action. This "story of a rifle" then follows McAdams' pursuit, and the rifle as it changes hands, until a final showdown and shoot-out on a rocky mountain precipice. Was this review helpful to you? He was in touch with his own anger somehow.

Please subscribe my channel Program: Lux Radio Theater Episode: Winchester t3 Air Date: November 12, 1951 Starring: Jimmy Stewart Steven McNally. During the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral, but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue. In the film, the town of Dodge City in celebration of the country's Centennial, puts on a shooting contest to win the prized rifle. A self-minded adventurer (Jeff Webster) locks horns with a crooked lawman (Mr. Gannon) while driving cattle to Dawson. And the further I got, when I did some pictures with John Ford — well, this was like reading the Bible, as far as he was concerned. Lin McAdam (James Stewart) pursues notorious outlaw Henry "Dutch" Brown (Millard Mitchell) into Dodge City, Kansas. Meanwhile , the starring going on a merciless vengeance.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. And he wasn’t a real huge man, although he’s very, very tall. Thriller He’s relieved of the weapon after being brutally beaten by Dutch Henry during one of many scenes in the movie that, even by western movie standards, seems unusually vicious and convincing. But he could portray violence, he could portray anger, better than almost any other actor.