Release Date: Oct 22, 1952 Wide
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Springfield Rifle was Gary Cooper's third western in a row, released not long after the classic High Noon. Cooper plays Union army officer Lex Kearney, who undertakes a covert investigation to find out why the North's supply of horses has suddenly diminished. Because of the top-secret nature of his mission, Kearney is forced to distance himself from everyone he knows, including his wife Erin (Phyllis Thaxter) and son Jamie (Michael Chapin). Heading to a remote cavalry post, he discovers that
Oct 22, 1952 Wide
Nov 7, 2006
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Visually fine Western, that is as much a crime drama or spy film as a Western.
A solidly constructed Western
An incurious Western set during the Civil War days.
SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (1952)
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