Saddle Up Cinema

The Naked Spur (1953)


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This week we’re back in a America for a pivotal 1950’s technicolor Western. Jimmy Stewart is absolutely unhinged in this smart, cynical western from genre maestro Anthony Mann. Mythologies are upended, post-war trauma is explored, and the Rocky Mountains have never looked rockier! Is this your favorite of the Mann/Stewart westerns? Let us know:


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Saddle Up CinemaBy Neil Anderson