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The Naked Spur(Movie, 1953)

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| 1h 31min | Genres: Western, Drama, Thriller
The Naked SpurRating: 3.5/5 (with 8888 votes)
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. The original music score was composed by Bronisław 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 in Lone Pine, California. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay—a rare honor for a Western. This was the third Western film collaboration between ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Naked Spur

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

About The Naked Spur

Howard Kemp has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, he teams up with prospector Jesse Tate and former Union soldier Roy Anderson. Thinking Kemp is a sheriff, they agree to help for a small fee. When they catch Vandergroat, he tells them Kemp is pursuing a $5,000 bounty. After demanding equal shares, the uneasy alliance heads for Kansas as Vandergroat tries to turn them against each other.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Colorado
Plays in: Kansas
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 01/30/1953
Director: Anthony Mann
Film Editor: George White
Director of Photography: William C. Mellor
Production Designer: Malcolm Brown
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"O Preço de Um Homem"
"Nackte Gewalt"
Budget: 1,261,000 USD

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