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Winchester '73: Directed by Anthony Mann. With James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally. A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Winchester '73 is a 1950 American Western film noir directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea and Stephen McNally. Written by Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards, the film is set in 1876 in a variety of famed western locations and follows the journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another ...
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Lin McAdam (James Stewart) pursues notorious outlaw Henry "Dutch" Brown (Millard Mitchell) into Dodge City, Kansas. There, in an effort to flush out the criminal, McAdam enters a sharp-shooting...
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A man tracking his father's murderer wins a prized Winchester rifle in a shooting contest. The gun is stolen by the killer and the riveting hunt begins again. A western classic from director Anthony Mann.
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West. In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown.
Winchester '73. It's the legendary James Stewart at his leading-man finest in this timeless western that set the standard for all that followed.
Overview. Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town.
Winchester '73 (1950) was the first of five westerns from 1950-1955 (and the only one in black/white) teaming James Stewart with director Anthony Mann. The other four westerns were Universal's Bend of the River (1952) and The Far Country (1954), MGM's The Naked Spur (1953), and Columbia Pictures' The Man From Laramie (1955).
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
