Jimmy Stewart is so good in a western precisely because you can’t imagine he would last five minutes in the same real life scenario. He also took Hollywood’s first back-end deal and made a million dollars.

WINCHESTER ‘73

Anthony Mann

1950

James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell

Screenplay by Robert L. Richards and Borden Chase; adapted from a story by Stuart N. Lake

Title: WINCHESTER ‘73

Year: 1950

Director: Anthony Mann

Cast: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell

Writing: Screenplay by Robert L. Richards and Borden Chase; adapted from a story by Stuart N. Lake

Genre tags: WESTERN