lin mcadam ( james stewart ) win a rifle and a winchester in a shooting contest . dutch henry brown ( stephen mcnally ) be a bad loser and steal the gun . lin take his horse and go after dutch and his men and the rifle with his buddy high spade ( millard mitchell ) . the rifle get in different hand on the way . will it get back to the right owner . anthony mann and james stewart work together for the first time and come up with this masterpiece and winchester 73 ( 1950 ) . stewart be the right man to play the lead . he be always the right man to do anything . the terrific shelley winter play the part of lola manner and she great a always . dan duryea be terrific at the part of waco johnnie dean . charles drake be brilliant a lola cowardly boyfriend steve miller . also wyatt earp and bat masterson be see in the movie and and theyre play by will geer and steve darrell . the young rock hudson play young bull and the young anthony ( tony ) curtis play doan . there be many classic moment in this movie . in one point the group be surround by indian and since this be a western . it great to watch this survival game where the fast drawer and the sharp shooter be the winner . all the true western fan will love this movie .