James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell

Frontiersman Howard Kemp loses his home while he's off fighting the Civil War. To raise enough money for a new grubstake, Kemp becomes a bounty hunter in Colorado territory. His first quarry is fugiti...( read more  read more... )ve, killer Ben Vandergroat. Kemp's efforts to bring in Vandergroat and collect the reward are compromised by the presence of Vandergroat's loyal girl friend Lena Patchand Kemp's two disreputable sidekicks, wily prospector Jesse Tateand disgraced Union-officer Roy Anderson.

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PG, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Anthony Mann

Release Date: February 1, 1953

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DVD Release Date: August 15, 2006

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  • March 1, 2008
    Not quite as good as Winchester 73', but still a lot of fun.
  • January 5, 2008
    rated it somewhere else before i was on flixster. james stewart must've been good in it
  • November 22, 2007
    Another bracing western from the James Stewart/Anthony Mann stable sees Stewart as a rancher forging an uneasy alliance with an old prospector and an AWOL cavalry officer to bring outlaw Robert Ryan in dead or alive for the reward money. Stewart is one of the best when it comes t...( read more)o playing tough guys with a streak of vulnerability, and there's some great psychology at work; Stewart's crisis of conscience accentuated by Janet Leigh's divided loyalties and all the while, Ryan is constantly using mindgames to set the trio against each other. I could have lived without the schmaltzy soundtrack, but otherwise, quality stuff.
  • November 20, 2006
    Watching Jimmy Stewart get pissed off is great. A great movie for a western, too.
  • June 4, 2008
    James Stewart as an anti-hero and it works.
  • October 17, 2009
    A typical western of a man searching for another man, saw it a while ago, don't remember specifics, just remember that it was very generic.
  • September 19, 2009
    wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that james stewart, janet leigh, millard mitchell, ralph meeker, robert ryan play good roles/parts thorughout this m...( read more)ovie....i think that the director of this frontier/western/drama/action/adventure movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its a really good movie 2 watch...i think that the fight scenes n the gun shoot outs were good throughout this movie its a good movie 2 watch n its a really good western movie 2 watch
  • September 17, 2009
    Good western. James Stewart is almost better than ever. The camera shots and the development of the story work perfectly.

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  • September 8, 2009
    Exceptional western. Jimmy Stewart is one of those actors whose mere presence in a film makes it worth watching. He defines the word professional. Well directed, good cinematography.
  • May 30, 2009
    I swear I can't remember the differences between the Jimmy Stewart/Anthony Mann '50s westerns. They all seem equally solid. And they all seem like the same movie.

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