Winchester '73

Buy This Item Winchester '73 by Universal Studios  Available from Amazon  $11.49  on 11-25-2008     <I>Winchester '73</I> is the first in a remarkable string of five classic westerns that James Stewart made with Anthony Mann in the 1950s (followed by <I>Bend of the River</I>, <I>The Man from Laramie</I>, <I>The Naked Spur</I>, and <I>The Far Country</I>). 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. <I>--Jim Emerson</I> Reader Reviews One of Jimmy Stewarts best films. A classic western, it traces the journy of a Winchester model 1873 One Of A Thousand rifle as it changes hands from Stewart who won it, to the villan who steals it from him, through a succession of people who come into possession of it and finally back to Stewart.

Winchester '73 Available from Amazon Price: $11.49 Updated on 11-25-2008.

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