James Stewart, best known for his down-to-earth persona, established another persona along with director Anthony Mann with the 1950 Western film "Winchester '73". This new Stewart persona was more violent, edgier and more disillusioned, but a persona that was still likable. This collaboration included eight films, five of them Westerns. Along with "Winchester '73" and "Bend of the River", these included "The Naked Spur" (1953), "The Far Country" (1954) and "The Man From Laramie" (1955). This was the second of the Western collaborations between them.