PART OF A LINCOLN FILM SERIES: JIMMY STEWART IN THE WEST
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Join us Tuesdays in April for our new film series: JIMMY STEWART IN THE WEST.
Actor James Stewart and director Anthony Mann made eight films together, including the four Westerns that we're showing this month. These films marked a surprising shift in Stewart's on-screen persona -- from affable everyman to a morally complex antihero. Stewart and Mann's collaborations, known for their psychological depth and gorgeous location cinematography, pushed the genre toward a grittier and more realistic tone than earlier Westerns -- while influencing Westerns still to come.
April 15: Bend of the River
Glyn McLyntock (James Stewart), a reformed outlaw with a mysterious past, has become a guide for farmers headed to Oregon. When he rescues thief Emerson Cole (Arthur Kennedy) from execution, Cole joins him on the journey.
Once the settlers arrive, they discover that a trader who was supposed to send them provisions is now trying to scam them. After McLyntock and Cole travel to Portland to forcibly retrieve the supplies, the goods are stolen, and McLyntock must fight for his life while trying to keep the settlers from starving to death over the winter.
"As usual for a Mann picture, there are many wordless sequences of purely visual storytelling, a quality that makes Anthony Mann one of the greatest yet least recognized American directors." —Jeremy Arnold, Turner Classic Movies
Directed by Anthony Mann
Starring James Stewart, Julia Adams, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, Lincoln Perry
United States | English | 1952 | Western | 91 minutes | Approved
Film Prices
Lincoln Theatre Members get $2.00 off on the following prices when buying tickets at-the-door:
General: $11.00
Seniors, Students, and Active Military: $10.00
Children 12 and under: $8.50
All prices include a $2.00 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.