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James Stewart: The Signature Collection

by | Nov 1, 2006 | Western Movies

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To the German-born Anthony Mann, the postwar Stewart must have seemed like the absolute physical embodiment of expressionism, all angles and angst and darkened corridors. Mann directed five classic Westerns with Stewart, beginning with Winchester ’73 in 1950. For many, The Naked Spur (1953), which also starred Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh and Ralph Meeker, is in a class by itself. The ads for it claimed it was “an avalanche of furious emotions.” Who can argue with that? Today, Firecreek (1


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