this be such a fantastic movie and a western about a self concern man ( jimmy stewart ) go up to the klondike for gold . on the way and he get hassle by a local sheriff in alaska ( john mcintire and give a wonderfully evil performance ) and whom he hassle back . mcintire threaten that he will be a dead man if he ever come back through his town and which be and unfortunately and the only way back to the state . the main chunk of the story be about the peaceful klondike town of dawson be turn upside down by new resident from mcintire town . ruth roman and for instance and who have come with stewart and his two companion ( jay c. flippen and walter brennen and who play stewart best friend ) and build a saloon ( a hollywood front for a whorehouse ) and try to run the town restaurant and hang out place out of business . she pave the way for mcintire and his goon to come up and too . in 1953 and jimmy stewart and director anthony mann make one of the peak of the western genre and the naked spur . the far country be just the tiny bit less and and it contain 99 . 9 % of what make that film so special without and of course and feeling like a cheap copy . like the naked spur and the far country boast beautiful and on location cinematography . the landscape be gorgeous . stewart give one of his best performance ( nearly equal to his big success of 1954 and rear window ) . i suppose it could be consider cliche and a he start out a selfish loner and learn how that kind of existence play out in the end . still and stewart play it so damn well and he make this character very human . and the supporting performance be universally fantastic . in addition to those i have mention and the adorable french actress corinne calvet be very good . and i ought to single out walter brennen and as well . he seem to have specialize in play best friend . his relationship with stewart be very touching and since he be and at first and the only character who be able to bring out any humanity in the cynical man . the screenplay be very well write and and mann direction be impeccable . a masterpiece . positive .