The Naked Spur
Starring: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan
Director: Anthony Mann
Writer: Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom
Producer: William H. Wright
The Naked Spur is a 1953 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, and Millard Mitchell. 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.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
- The Naked Spur was the third of five Western collaborations between James Stewart and Anthony Mann and the third of eight overall collaborations.
- The two previous Westerns were Winchester '73 (1950) and Bend of the River (1952).
- Stewart was given the lead role of Howard Kemp, an embittered rancher turned bounty hunter.
Filming Locations
- Colorado
- The film was filmed in Lone Pine, California, and on location in the San Juan Mountains and Durango in Colorado.
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 4 Festivals
4,236 tickets sold
All runs on record (5):
- January 15 - 18, 1994 · 1,376 ticketsw/ Bend of the River
- May 15 - 16, 2004 · 896 ticketsjstewart-2004w/ The Gay Falcon
- August 7 - 8, 2008 · 510 ticketsSummer 2008 Bette Davis, James Stewart, silent films and more!w/ Broken Arrow
- June 21 - 23, 2019 · 1,047 ticketsJames Stewart Festivalw/ The Man from Laramie
- November 27 - 28, 2025 · 407 ticketsClassic Westernsw/ The Far Country