The Naked Spur
Starring: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert RyanDirector: Anthony Mann
Studio: Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release: August 15th 2006
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"Plain arithmetic. Money splits better two ways instead of three," smooth-talking outlaw Ben Vandergroat reasons to his captors, three bounty hunters thrown together by chance. They're taking him to justice in Abilene, but Ben has other ideas. If he can set the men against each other ? play on their greed, their fears, their vanities ? he may be able to make his break to freedom.
In the third of his five landmark Anthony Mann-directed westerns, James Stewart stars as the relentless leader of bounty hunters caught in the snare of the hunted (Robert Ryan). Tough, sweating with tension, and towering as tall as its breathtaking Colorado Rockies setting, The Naked Spur is simply "one of the best Westerns ever made" (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide).
Year: 1953
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, Millard Mitchell
Running Time: 91 min.
Format: DVD MOVIE
User Reviews
The Naked Spur - Rating: 4/5
If you are fan of James Stewart this is another one of his adventures and it has great scenery of the Rockies with a touch of the bad guy attacking him but all came out in the end
classic struggle between good & evil - Rating: 5/5
This is one of Jimmy Stewart's best. It is the struggle between good & evil men & each of their own conscience's on what's right & wrong. Stewart struggles with the task of bringing in a killer for the money to make his life right again after being wronged emotionally & financially. Robert Ryan makes a conniving evil presence. My favorite line is when the prospecter partner of Stewart's tells Ryan, "I was thinkin." & Ryan replies "Jesse that always was your weak spot." The struggle to bring Ryan in for the bounty & how to divide it while Ryan divides the partners plays out against some of the most beautiful Western scenery you will every see. To use the cliche a must have Western.
The Naked Spur - Rating: 5/5
Filmed in Technicolor in the gorgeously rugged Rocky Mountains, Anthony Mann's gritty, thrilling Western hinges on the hidden motives of its five protagonists, each of whom is running from a sordid past. In a none-too-wholesome role, Stewart is brilliant as a bitter war veteran whose fiancee abandoned him while he was away at the front--and made off with the title to his ranch. Mitchell's no-luck miner and Meeker's unsavory, no-account soldier vie with Kemp as Ryan, cackling like a jackal, sets all parties against each other while plotting his escape. The radiant Leigh rounds out the cast playing Lina, a misguided gal longing for a new life in California who falls for Stewart. "Spur" is a tough, bristling horse drama by noir director Anthony Mann.
Classic James - Rating: 5/5
Director Mann and James Stewart together again with Great Co-star's. Robert Ryan,Janet Leigh and Ralph Meeker. Our hero James is amateur Bounty Hunter looking for Robert Ryan to turn him in for the reward so he can get his ranch back and this is a must buy for your James Steward collection.
Review of "Naked Spur" - Rating: 4/5
Jimmy Stewart plays the relentless and driven bounty hunter after his dangerous quarry, Robert Ryan. His sole motivation is to get Ryan, dead or alive, so he can get the cash reward to rebuild his shattered life. Ryan plays the cunning and manipulative prey of Stewart's. Ryan pits Stewart and his two unplanned partners against each other. Remember, it's easier splitting the money 2 ways vs. 3 ways. They need to sleep with one eye open. Wonderful outdoor vistas and action sequences. Anthony Mann directed this suspenseful and well paced western. Stewart's versatility and dimensions as an actor shine in this performance. Highly recommended! Pass the popcorn!
