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Winchester '73 is the first in a remarkable string of five classic westerns that James Stewart made with Anthony Mann in the 1950s (followed by Bend of the River, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, and The Far Country). It is also distinguished for having helped revive the Western at the box office, and for being the first film in which the star forsook a huge up-front salary in favor of a share of the profits--a strategy that made Stewart rich and forever changed the way that Hollywood does business. The movie itself is pretty darned impressive, too. Stewart traces a stolen Winchester rifle through several owners until he fi
Winchester '73 is the first in a remarkable string of five classic westerns that James Stewart made with Anthony Mann in the 1950s (followed by Bend of the River, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, and The Far Country). It is also distinguished for having helped revive the Western at the box office, and for being the first film in which the star forsook a huge up-front salary in favor of a share of the profits--a strategy that made Stewart rich and forever changed the way that Hollywood does business. The movie itself is pretty darned impressive, too. Stewart traces a stolen Winchester rifle through several owners until he finds the man he's looking for. The final spectacular shootout in craggy, mountainous terrain is justly famous. --Jim Emerson
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Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Release date: 4 June 2007
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5050582490671
Tags: Will Geer (1), Greg Martell (1), Anthony Curtis (1), Abner Biberman (1), Steve Brodie (1), Millard Mitchell (1), James Millican (1), Jay C. Flippen (1), Charles Drake (1), Stephen McNally (1), John Alexander (1), James Best (1), Western (1), Rock Hudson (1), John McIntire (1), Shelley Winters (1), Dan Duryea (1), WInchester (1), Wyatt Earp (1), Rifle (1)
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