Winchester '73 overview

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Winchester 73

Synopsis:

Lin McAdam (James Stewart) and his friend High-Spade (Millard Mitchell) arrive in Dodge City for a shooting contest, in which the prize is a perfectly manufactured Winchester repeating rifle, referred to as "One of a Thousand" -- a gun so fine that Winchester won't sell it. Lin runs across Dutch Henry Brown (Stephen McNally) in a saloon and the two would kill each other right there but for the fact that town marshal Wyatt Earp (Will Geer) has everyone's guns. Lin wins the rifle in an extraordinary marksmanship match-up with Brown, but the latter steals the prize from him and sets out across the desert.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Anthony Mann
  • Studio: Universal
  • Year: 1950
  • Run Time: 82 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Western
  • Filmed in: B&W

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