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The Naked Spur

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The Naked Spur

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Western directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart and Robert Ryan, and featuring Janet Leigh. Howard Kemp, a veteran of the Civil War, is on the trail of killer Ben Vandergroat, determined to claim the $5,000 reward offered for him, dead or alive.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

In the third of the great collaborations between James Stewart and director Anthony Mann, Stewart is on ferocious form as a neurotic bounty hunter on the trail of charismatic murderer Robert Ryan, hoping to make enough money to buy a ranch in California, but threatened by obsession and madness. A tough, melodramatic western, it aspires to Greek or Shakespearean tragedy - against the truly Olympian Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the characters look suitably puny and pitiful, the playthings of the Gods. Janet Leigh, however, looks gorgeous - straight from the soda fountains of 1950s America - as Ryan's girl.

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rolenameHoward KempJames StewartBen VandergroatRobert RyanLina PatchJanet LeighRoy AndersonRalph MeekerJesse TateMillard Mitchell

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rolenameDirectorAnthony Mann

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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English

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