Winchester ’73
Noirish shadows spread across the frontier in this landmark western, the first of the celebrated collaborations between director Anthony Mann and actor James Stewart that redefined the genre with their moral and psychological intensity. Beginning his midcareer transition into increasingly edgy roles, Stewart portrays an avenging sharpshooter whose stolen rifle becomes a harbinger of death as it is passed from one doomed hand to the next. Featuring a stellar cast that includes a touching Shelley Winters, a sensationally sleazy Dan Duryea, and a pre-stardom Rock Hudson, this elemental tale of violence begetting violence broke new ground with its evocation of the West as a no-man’s-land of antiheroes and villains.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring actor James Stewart and film historian Paul Lindenschmidt
- New interview with film programmer Adam Piron on the portrayal of Native Americans in the western genre
- Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal, a program on a key chapter in the director’s career
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1951
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Plus: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
New cover by Gregory Manchess
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring actor James Stewart and film historian Paul Lindenschmidt
- New interview with film programmer Adam Piron on the portrayal of Native Americans in the western genre
- Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal, a program on a key chapter in the director’s career
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1951
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Plus: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
New cover by Gregory Manchess
Cast
- James Stewart
- Lin McAdam
- Shelley Winters
- Lola Manners
- Dan Duryea
- “Waco” Johnny Dean
- Stephen McNally
- “Dutch” Henry Brown
- Millard Mitchell
- Frankie “High Spade” Wilson
- Charles Drake
- Steve Miller
- John McIntire
- Joe Lamont
- Will Geer
- Wyatt Earp
- Jay C. Flippen
- Sergeant Wilkes
- Rock Hudson
- Young Bull
Credits
- Director
- Anthony Mann
- Produced by
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Screenplay by
- Robert L. Richards
- Screenplay by
- Borden Chase
- From a story by
- Stuart N. Lake
- Director of photography
- William H. Daniels
- Art direction
- Bernard Herzbrun
- Art direction
- Nathan Juran
- Set decoration
- Russell A. Gausman
- Set decoration
- A. Roland Fields
- Sound
- Leslie I. Carey
- Sound
- Richard DeWeese
- Musical direction
- Joseph Gershenson
- Editor
- Edward Curtiss
- Gowns
- Yvonne Wood
- Hair stylist
- Joan St. Oegger
- Makeup
- Bud Westmore
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A scene from Winchester ’73
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