Thursday, July 14, 2011

Winchester ’73 (1950)

The day s of ’47 are upon us and I was in the mood for Western films. This one has it all guns, Indians, horses, more guns, and a girl. Jimmy Stewart stars as the hero of the day Lin McAdam who wins an interesting shooting match to win a repeating Winchester rifle. Well, it gets stolen, sold, stolen, found, gifted, stolen, stolen one last time, and then redeemed by the rightful owner. Shelley Winters plays the love interest, Tony Curtis plays a soldier, and Rock Hudson plays an Indian Chief. This had probably one of the best shoot outs at the end of the movie I have ever seen, but it felt like an eternity getting there. This was a good story, which for me did not translate over to a good movie. Stewart was good as always, but the supporting cast was mediocre at best. Just 3 stars.

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