![]() In any event, they approach a mountain pass only to learn that Anderson is wanted by the Blackfoot for raping the chief’s daughter. As he says, the math means higher shares if split between less people. Not surprisingly, he is always trying to turn the bounty hunters against each other. Lina believes in Vandergroat’s innocence while the outlaw informs both Tate and Anderson of the money on his head. It turns out that Lina’s father and the outlaw were friends. ![]() They shortly capture the outlaw but unexpectedly find him in the company of Lina Patch (Janet Leigh). After a rock slide, the “morally unstable” Roy Anderson (Ralph Meeker) turns the duo into a trio. Prospector Jesse Tate (Millard Mitchell) assumes that Kemp is a sheriff and joins him in tracking him down. Money splits better two ways instead of three.” – outlaw Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan)īounty hunter Howard Kemp (James Stewart) finds himself in the Rocky Mountains in 1868 chasing after the outlaw, wanted for murdering a marshal in Kansas. The genre would be redefined once again with The Magnificent Seven. In any event, their work would play a tremendous role in redefining the Western genre. They could have had their military history better researched but it is what it is. But sure enough, Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom’s script earned a nomination. ![]() Screenplay nominations for Westerns were quite rare when the film was released. The Naked Spur is an Oscar-nominated Western and the third of five Westerns and eight films directed by Mann and starring James Stewart. ![]()
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