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    Winchester ’73 (1950)

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    Lin McAdam (James Stewart) arrives in Dodge City in hot pursuit of his father’s killer. He wins a coveted Winchester ’73 repeating rifle (known as “the gun that won the West”) in the Fourth of July shooting contest, but the gun is stolen and McAdam sets about retrieving his prize.

    The high-powered rifle changes hands repeatedly and each man who comes into possession of it is changed in some way – sometimes for good, sometimes for bad.

    This is a fine, mature work: adult, intelligent and moral, creating a laconic new persona for the admirable Stewart. The brilliant black-and-white camerawork is by Garbo’s favourite, William Daniels, and director Anthony Mann’s use of transition (dissolves, fades to black) is exemplary.

    The cast is extremely strong. Shelley Winters is excellent, and the supporting players include such versatile character actors as Millard Mitchell, Stephen McNally, Will Geer, and the incomparable Dan Duryea.

    Watch out for a pre-stardom Rock Hudson as Indian brave Young Bull, and an even younger Tony Curtis as a cavalry trooper.

    winchester73

    Lin McAdam
    James Stewart
    Lola Manners
    Shelley Winters
    Waco Johnny Dean
    Dan Duryea
    Dutch Henry Brown
    Stephen McNally
    Frankie ‘High Spade’ Wilson
    Millard Mitchell
    Steve Miller
    Charles Drake
    Joe Lamont
    John Mcintire
    Wyatt Earp
    Will Geer
    Sergeant Wilkes
    Jay C. Flippen
    Young Bull
    Rock Hudson
    Jack Riker
    John Alexander
    Wesley
    Steve Brodie
    Wheeler
    James Millican
    Latigo Means
    Abner Biberman
    Doan
    Tony Curtis
    Crater
    James Best

    Director
    Anthony Mann

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