Winchester '73

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Winchester '73 is a classic 1950 American Western film starring James Stewart, renowned for its innovative focus on a prized rifle that links multiple characters and stories.

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Winchester ’73 5
Winchester '73 canonical 4
The Gun that Won the West 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
Western film
black-and-white film
film
antagonistCharacter Dutch Henry Brown
basedOn story by Stuart N. Lake
cinematographyBy William H. Daniels
collaborationWithDirector first of several Westerns pairing James Stewart and Anthony Mann
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Anthony Mann
distributedBy Universal-International
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy Edward Curtiss
featuresActor Rock Hudson
Tony Curtis
filmingProcess 35 mm
format black-and-white
genre Western
hasTheme fate
obsession
revenge
the myth of the American West
leadActorForCharacter James Stewart as Lin McAdam
leadCharacter Lin McAdam
musicBy Walter Scharf
narrativeStructure anthology-like structure linking multiple characters
notableElement focus on a prized Winchester rifle
notableFor innovative use of an object (rifle) to link multiple stories
originalLanguage English
portrayedBy Stephen McNally as Dutch Henry Brown
producer Aaron Rosenberg
productionCompany Universal-International
releaseDate 1950-06-07
releaseYear 1950
runtimeMinutes 92
screenwriter Borden Chase
Robert L. Richards NERFINISHED
settingPeriod post-Civil War American West
starring Charles Drake
Dan Duryea
James Stewart
Jay C. Flippen
John McIntire
Millard Mitchell
Shelley Winters
Stephen McNally
Will Geer
starVehicleFor James Stewart
weaponFeatured Winchester Model 1873 rifle

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James Stewart notableWork Winchester '73
Anthony Mann notableWork Winchester '73
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Millard Mitchell notableWork Winchester '73
Frederic Knudtson notableWork Winchester '73
James Best appearedIn Winchester '73
Charles Drake notableWork Winchester '73
this entity surface form: Winchester ’73
Universal-International Pictures notableWork Winchester '73
this entity surface form: Winchester ’73
Jay C. Flippen notableWork Winchester '73
this entity surface form: Winchester ’73
Stephen McNally performedIn Winchester '73
this entity surface form: Winchester ’73
Winchester Repeating Arms Company nickname Winchester '73
this entity surface form: The Gun that Won the West