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10/18/08
The Naked Spur (1952)
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Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 10
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: After being duped by his faithless wife, Howard Kemp, a Civil War veteran and former rancher, accepts work as a bounty hunter. His assignment: bring back a ferret-eyed outlaw from the... [More]
Starring: James Stewart, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Ralph Meeker
Director: Anthony Mann
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Reviews for The Naked Spur
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Top CriticIn this taut revenge Western, from Oscar-nominated script by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, Jimmy Stewart gives one of his best performances, revealing a darker facet to his screen persona that only a superb director like Anthony Mann could bring out
03/01/07
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10/31/06
Top CriticMann never failed to deliver an astonishing ending to his Westerns, but this is one of his best.
09/08/06
...an engrossing little film that doesn't flinch from showing us the worst in people, including the hero.
08/10/06
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01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/05/05
Wonderfully intense psychological Western built around a simple story of greed and the chance to start life over again after failure.
07/01/05
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11/07/03
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05/24/03
Top CriticOne of Stewart's best tortured performances, showing his dark side. A must-see for Stewart buffs.
08/15/02
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07/26/02
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07/25/02
This 1953 film has Janet Leigh in jeans, beautiful location shooting (and Technicolor cinematography) in the Rockies, and some of the most intense psychological warfare to be found in [director Anthony] Mann's angular and anguished oeuvre.
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