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The quintessential Everyman, James Stewart won the hearts of fans with his dry-witted banter and trademark drawl. When not running up and down the streets of Bedford Falls, Stewart gained acclaimed in a series of Westerns that became some of the genre’s undisputed classics. More than a few are found this collection, which includes DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, in which Stewart plays a lighthearted lawman who doesn’t carry a gun, and WINCHESTER ’73, which follows Stewart as he tracks down a stolen rifle from owner to owner. Also presented here are BEND OF THE RIVER, THE FAR COUNTRY, NIGHT PASSAGE, and THE RARE BREED. Please see individual titles for complete synopsis information.
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Nostalgia Collection: James Stewart – Made for Each Other/Pot O’ Gold
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James Stewart: Columbia Screen Legends Collection [4 Discs]
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Night Passage is so similar in spirit to the successful collaborations between star James Stewart and director Anthony Mann that it comes as a surprise that this film is directed by James Nielson. Stewart plays Grant McLaine, ex-railroad employee and the level-headed brother of firebrand gunslinger The Utica Kid (Audie Murphy). When Grant is entrusted to guard a train delivering $10,000, The Kid’s gang holds up the train and steals the money. Grant takes off to hunt his felonious brother down and attempts to convince him to go straight. Unfortunately, The Kid refuses, and the brothers face off in a showdown. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi Guide
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“Plain arithmetic. Money splits better two ways instead of three,” smooth-talking outlaw Ben Vandergroat reasons to his captors, three bounty hunters thrown together by chance. They’re taking him to justice in Abilene, but Ben has other ideas. If he can set the men against each other play on their greed, their fears, their vanities, he may be able to make his break to freedom. In the third of his five landmark Anthony Mann-directed westerns, James Stewart stars as the relentless leader of bounty hunters caught in the snare of the hunted (Robert Ryan). Tough, sweating with tension, and towering as tall as its breathtaking Colorado Rockies setting, The Naked Spur is simply “one of the best Westerns ever made”(Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide). Year: 1953 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, Millard Mitchell
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Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton is an affable long drink of water with an easy, whiplike delivery and a pitch so unhittable the young phenom racks up consecutive 15-win seasons. But Stratton’s greatest victory doesn’t come on the manicured green diamonds of our national pastime. James Stewart portrays Stratton, who loses a leg in an accident just as his career is on the rise…and whose triumph over despair and disability leads him to pitch again. Stewart signed on for the role when he realized the film would be an inspiration to injured World War II GIs. The film still inspires. Awarded an Oscar for Best Motion Picture Story, directed by Sam Wood (The Pride of the Yankees) and supported by a top cast that includes real-life ballplayers, The Stratton Story is sports biography at its best.
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