Rating: NR
Genre:
Western
Release Date: 08/15/2006
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
The powerhouse combination of star
James Stewart and director
Anthony Mann score another cinematic bullseye in
The Naked Spur. Stewart plays a taciturn frontiersman who loses his home while he's off fighting the Civil War. To raise enough money for a new grubstake, Stewart becomes a bounty hunter in Colorado territory. His first quarry is fugitive, killer
Robert Ryan. Stewart's efforts to bring in Ryan and collect the reward are compromised by the presence of Ryan's loyal girl friend
Janet Leigh and Stewart's two disreputable sidekicks, wily prospector
Millard Mitchell and disgraced Union-officer
Ralph Meeker. There's plenty of "cat and mouse" byplay between Stewart and Ryan before the brutal climax; the drama is intensified by the fact that both men are on the outer rim of total insanity. The Oscar-nominated screenplay for
The Naked Spur was cowritten by
Sam Rolfe, who was later one of the creative forces responsible for the similarly no-nonsense TV western series
Have Gun, Will Travel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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