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Winchester '73
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7.3Lin 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, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
Cast
- James Stewart as Lin McAdam
- Shelley Winters as Lola Manners
- Dan Duryea as Waco Johnnie Dean
- Stephen McNally as Dutch Henry Brown
- Millard Mitchell as High Spade
- Charles Drake as Steve Miller
Themes
- showdown
- robbery
- horseback riding
- hostility
- assault
- search
- rifle
- stealing
- contest
- poker game
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Anthony Mann
- Screenplay by
- Borden Chase Robert L. Richards
- Story by
- Stuart N. Lake
- Produced by
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Starring
- James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels
- Edited by
- Edward Curtiss
- Music by
- Joseph Gershenson (musical director)
- Color process
- Black and white
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- July 12, 1950 ( 1950-07-12 )
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $2,250,000 (US rentals)
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Encyclopedic overview
Winchester '73 is a 1950 American Western film noir starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea and Stephen McNally. Directed by Anthony Mann and written by Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards, the film is set in 1876 and follows the turbulent passing of a prized Winchester 1873 repeating rifle from one ill-fated owner to another interwoven with a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.
It is the first of eight films that Mann and Stewart made together, and is also the first film from which an actor received a percentage of the receipts, a practice known as "points", as compensation.
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