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Winchester '73

The Gun That Won The West!

1950 · 1h 32m · Passed Western
Directed by Anthony Mann

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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, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.

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Stewart brings real flavor and appeal to the role of Lin, in a lean, concentrated portrayal.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

A frisky, fast-moving, funny Western in which a rifle is the apple of a cowboy's eye.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

The final shoot-out remains a classic study in mise-en-scene, as Mann transforms a jagged landscape into a highly charged psychological battleground.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Mann's first film with James Stewart, with whom he was to make a series of classic Westerns, this offers the clearest example of Mann's use of the revenge plot.

Time Out

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