Author: Stewart, James; Janet Leigh,;Robert Ryan
Title: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, and Robert Ryan in "the Naked Spur. " 4 Vintage Photographs
Description: Hollywood: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953. 4vintage photographs. 8 x 10 inches each. The Naked Spur is a 1953 Technicolor American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Janet Leigh, and Robert Ryan. Written by Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, the film is about a bounty hunter who tries to bring a murderer to justice, and is forced to accept the help of two strangers who are less than trustworthy.[2] The original music score was composed by Bronis?aw Kaper and the cinematography was by William C. Mellor. The Naked Spur was filmed on location in Durango and the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, and Lone Pine, California.[3] The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay—a rare honor for a Western.[4] This was the third Western film collaboration between Anthony Mann and James Stewart. Provenance: From the estate of the San Francisco based film critic and B. Traven scholar Judy Stone (1924-2017), sister of I. F. Stone (1907-1989), the muckraking journalist. .

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