Winchester '73

Movie

1950

1h 32m

English

Western

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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, whi...

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Winchester '73

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1950

1h 32m

English

Western

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Cast

Lin McAdam

Lola Manners

Waco Johnnie Dean

Dutch Henry Brown

High Spade

Steve Miller

Joe Lamont

Wyatt Earp

Sergeant Wilkes

Young Bull

Jack Riker

Wesley

Wheeler

Latigo Means

Doan

Crater

Townsman (uncredited)

Robert Anderson

Basset (uncredited)

Mel Archer

Bartender (uncredited)

Ray Bennett

Charles Bender (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Townsman (uncredited)

Buck Bucko

Townsman (uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Chase

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Target Watcher (uncredited)

Directed By: Anthony Mann

Written By: Borden Chase (Screenplay), Stuart N. Lake (Story), + 1 more

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soonertbone says...

9 months ago

Stewart does a decent job here shedding the "aw shucks" mannerisms and playing a slightly darker hero than usual. But it's an odd movie: ostensibly about the episodic travels of the titular gun, it sort of grafts on the overarching conflict between McAdam and Waco Johnnie Dean and their longstanding history (and then really grafts on a superfluous love story with Shelley Winters.) It feels weird because it's unclear what the movie wants itself to be, but each individual element works fine.

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kevin.aguirre says...

12 months ago

Great western movie, full of masculine cowboys out there in the west frontier. Something to remember about this movie: “a man with a friend is rich”. In America, true friendships are so rare that if you make a true friend, that’s so valuable because you know he will never betray you. That was very important in the old west to survive.

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Juliosoft says...

4 years ago

I had read that it is one of the best westerns in history, after seeing it, I agree, great script, direction and performance

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John Chard

5 years ago

Some things a man has to do, so he does 'em.

This is a story of the Winchester Rifle Model 1873 "The Gun That Won The West" - To cowman, outlaw, peace officer or soldier, the Winchester 73 was a treasured possession. An Indian would sell his soul to own one...

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Wuchak

4 years ago

_**Dynamic James Stewart Western with a noir tinge**_

The prize rifle of a drifter (James Stewart) is stolen by his nemesis (Stephen McNally), apprehended by a gun-trader (John McIntire), involved in a cavalry vs. Indian clash, winds up in the hands of a man who struggles with cowardice (Charles More

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