Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon, Arthur Kennedy
A man is obsessed with finding the men responsible for seeling the guns to the Apaches that killed his brother. He finds himself travelling to a small town in Colorado and becomes embroiled within a f...( read more
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Directed by: Anthony Mann, Frank Burt, Philip Yordan
Release Date: August 31, 1955
DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000
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September 13, 2009James Stewart plays an army captain on the trail of gun runners who sold rifles to the Apache resulting in the death of his brother. Mann and Stewart made some great westerns together but this one somehow didn't have the spark that makes a film special for me. Stewart is as relia...( read more)
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May 10, 2009This was the last, and arguably the best, of five marvellous westerns directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, remarkable for their psychological complexity and - with the possible exception of The Far Country, which is over-reliant on artificial backdrops - fo...( read more)
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May 17, 2008lots of guns. lots of grudges. lots of shooting. james stewart is in it and ya cant go far wrong with him. entertaining enough to waste a quiet afternoon watching
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July 18, 2007Such a great western. The landscapes and cinematography Mann employs are incredible even if the colors are oversaturated. The villains (namely Dave) are truly despicable and part of Man From Laramie's charm is that it doesn't play out the way you'd expect. Great performance from ...( read more)
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November 26, 2008I've always heard good things about Anthony Mann's westerns and after watching the Tin Star and this film I will defiantly watch more. The stories are good but the characterizations and acting is top notch. Jimmy plays a mystery man from Laramie who roles into town and gets caugh...( read more)
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August 5, 2008Possibly the least of the Mann/Stewart vehicles, yet still deeply strange and unpredictable for all that. Contains the infamous scene in which Stewart is shot point-blank in the hand, and it still shocks. Arthur Kennedy does his usual fine job as a likable sleaze caught between h...( read more)
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February 24, 2008An excellent western. I went over to my grandfather's house, and I watched many old and new westerns with him, some I'd seen and some I hadn't. This one was definitely one of the better ones. I loved James Stewart as an actor and a cowboy. Though the rich guy's son wasn't a very ...( read more)
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