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One of the series of westerns Anthony Mann made with James Stewart, see also Winchester 73, Bend of The River, Naked Spur, etc. Its also - along with Naked Spur - a superbly shot widescreen movie. Stewart's career has large chunks in which he repeatedly worked with the same directors, and all of them - though radically different in style - brought out fine performances from him: Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford and Mann. Mann really extracted the ability of Stewart to be both vulnerable, yet also tough and uncompromising. In this movie our hero tries to find the men who killed his brother, though during his quest he also learns a great deal about himself, and the lengths he will go to to reach the truth. So its a Shakespearean tale of revenge - a classic western theme - set amidst the arid desert and the burning sun. As with all Mann films, the violence when it occurs is sudden and brutal. In this he was years ahead of Tarentino.
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