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 22: The Naked Spur
Howard Kemp (James Stewart) has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan) for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, Kemp teams up with prospector Jesse Tate (Millard Mitchell) and former Union soldier Roy Anderson (Ralph Meeker). Thinking Kemp is a sheriff, they agree to help for a small fee.
When they catch Vandergroat -- alongside his companion Lina Patch (Janet Leigh) -- the fugitive tells them that Kemp is actually a bounty hunter pursuing a $5,000 reward. After demanding equal shares, the uneasy alliance heads for Kansas as Vandergroat tries to turn them against each other.
"This 1953 film has Janet Leigh in jeans, beautiful location shooting (and Technicolor cinematography) in the Rockies, and some of the most intense psychological warfare to be found in Mann's angular and anguished oeuvre." —Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Directed by Anthony Mann
Starring James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker
United States | English | 1953 | 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.