The Naked Spur

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Directed by

Anthony Mann

Starring

James Stewart
Howard Kemp

Janet Leigh
Lina Patch

Robert Ryan
Ben Vandergroat

Ralph Meeker
Roy Anderson

Millard Mitchell
Jesse Tate

Written by

Harold Jack Bloom
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Colorado Jim

17 years ago at Apr 21 14:38

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Colorado Jim es un western de Anthony Mann que atesora grandes virtudes para ser considerado de visión obligada para cualquier amante del género, y del cine en general.

Solo aparecen 5 personajes, que están perfectamente definidos en los primeros minutos de la película:

Howard Kemp (James Stewart). Se trata de un ranchero que, a su vuelta después de la guerra civ... read more

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Description: James Stewart sheds his nice-guy image with his dark, complex turn in this intense psychological western, the third of his five celebrated forays into the genre under the direction of Anthony Mann. Howard Kemp (Stewart) lost his ranch and his faithless wife while he was fighting in the Civil War. Now, to earn a new stake, Kemp and two greedy strangers go after the bounty on Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan), who is wanted for the murder of a marshal. Along the way, they meet Lina Patch (Janet Leigh), Vandergroat’s girlfriend and the only voice of reason and compassion among the five people locked in a violent pursuit across the un ... (more)

Release date: 1 February 1953

Tags: Western (9), 1953 (5), Bounty Hunter (5), Murder (4), Wanted Man (3), Greed (3), 1950s (3), Obsession (3), American Civil War (2), Kansas (2), Shooting (2), Fights (2), Betrayal (2), Civil War (2), Digging Grave (1), Wanted Poster (1), Escape Attempt (1), Dead Body (1), Prospector (1)

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"The Naked Spur is the third of five westerns on which director Anthony Mann and star James Stewart collaborated, a loosely linked series of incisively psychological films that allowed Stewart to explore a harsher, darker edge to the affably loose-limbed screen persona he had hitherto established. Here his Howard Kemp is bent on bringing murderer Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan) to justice for the murder of a marshal, not owing to any deep-seated moral code, but out of a desire for the reward money."