The Naked Spur (1953)

De verbitterde premiejager Howard Kemp reist naar de Rockies in Abilene, Kansas, om de moordenaar Ben Vandergroat te vinden. Voor Vandergroat is een beloning van $ 5.000 uitgeloofd. Met dit geld hoopt Kemp zijn ranch terug te kunnen kopen, die zijn verloofde heeft verkocht, toen hij in het leger moest dienen. Onderweg sluiten zich bij Kemp de oneervol uit het leger ontslagen kapitein Roy Anderson en de oude goudzoeker Jesse Tate aan. Wanneer Vandergroat met zijn vriendin Lina Patch gevonden wordt, vernemen Anderson en Tate over de uitgeloofde beloning en sindsdien zijn er spanningen binnen de groep. Op de terugre...
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is probeert Vandergroat Kemp, Tate en Anderson tegen elkaar uit te spelen.
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James Stewart stars as a bounty hunter tracking down a vicious outlaw and his beautiful companion. During the pursuit, Stewart picks up two traveling mercenaries who join him in his quest. Academy Award Nominations: Best Story and Screenplay.

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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. Th...
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ere'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.
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