The Naked Spur
The Naked Spur is a 1953 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, and Millard Mitchell. Written by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, the film is about a bounty hunter who tries to bring a murderer to justice, and is forced to accept the help of two strangers who are less than trustworthy.
Plot
In 1868, in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, Howard Kemp offers grizzled prospector Jesse Tate $20 for help tracking Ben Vandergroat, wanted for killing a marshal in Abilene, Kansas. Kemp shows him a torn WANTED poster. Tate assumes that Kemp is a sheriff.
More details
author | Harold Jack Bloom Sam Rolfe |
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contentLocation | Kansas |
director | Anthony Mann |
editor | George White |
genre | western |
keywords | 6th cavalry 6th cavalry regiment abilene kansas beautiful dreamer blackfoot blackfoot confederacy civil war dead tree discharge fast draw fight float gold mine hide kill military discharge mountain pass piton provoke quick draw reward river rock rock slide rocky mountains run thumb|right|james stewart and millard mitchell thumb|right| millard mitchell and james stewart wanted poster |
musicBy | Bronisław Kaper |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
producer | William H. Wright |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
recordedAt | Colorado |