for anthony mann the western be legend and legend make the very best cinema . mann work be full of intensity and passion and visually dramatic and and the action always excitingly photograph . stewart and a docile actor with the ability of display anger and neurosis and cruelty and make with anthony mann and five remarkable western represent winchester 73 while bend of the river while the naked spur while the far country while and the man from laramie . in winchester 73 and stewart reveals his darker side . he offer all the reserve of anger and inner ambivalence and and emotional complexity in his nature that his audience have and up till this time and fail to catch . a carefully choose cast increase the proceeding in fine style represent shelley winter be at her saucy best while dan duryea perfect a the vicious and sneer psychopathic villain while john mcintire great a the unscrupulous character while charles drake so good a the man who attempt to face his tormentor while and a very young rock hudson and attempt the role of an indian chief . winchester 73 be the story of a perfectly craft and highly prize and rifle in the dodge city kansa of 1876. stewart and his estranged brother and who bear another name ( stephen mcnally ) and compete fiercely for possession of it and and though stewart win and mcnally steal it and set off cross country with stewart in pursuit . what give the pursuit an element of the demonic and be stewart determination to revenge his father death at the hand of that same renegade brothera revenge feed by long stand fratricidal hatred . photograph in gorgeous black and white and the film come on a powerful and arrest and act with deep feeling and intense concentration and not only by stewart but by all the support character . look fast for a promising newcomer and tony curtis and the soldier who find the rifle after the indian attack .