Winchester '73
 | Directed by Anthony Mann Starring: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell Universal Studios, 1950, DVD Customer Rating: 41 reviews Recommend |
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A man tracks his prize repeating rifle back round to a man who has stolen it. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: James Stewart Millard Mitchell Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Anthony Mann
Winchester '73 is the first in a remarkable string of five classic westerns that James Stewart made with Anthony Mann in the 1950s (followed by Bend of the River, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, and The Far Country). It is also distinguished for having helped revive the Western at the box office, and for being the first film in which the star forsook a huge up-front salary in favor of a share of the profits — a strategy that made Stewart rich and forever changed the way that Hollywood does business. The movie itself is pretty darned impressive, too. Stewart traces a stolen Winchester rifle through several owners until he finds the man he's looking for. The final spectacular shootout in craggy, mountainous terrain is justly famous. — Jim Emerson
Title: Winchester '73
Sales Rank: 7491 in DVD
Actor: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell
Director: Anthony Mann
Studio: Universal Studios, 2003-05-06, Theatrical Release: 1950-07-12
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 92 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches, 0.15 pounds
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