The Naked Spur (1953)
January 30, 1953Release Date
The Naked Spur (1953)
January 30, 1953Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
James Stewart
Howard Kemp
Janet Leigh
Lina Patch
Robert Ryan
Ben Vandergroat
Ralph Meeker
Roy Anderson
Millard Mitchell
Jesse Tate
Sam Rolfe
Writer
Anthony Mann
Director
Harold Jack Bloom
Writer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Chuck Roberson
Stunts
William H. Wright
Producer
Carl Roup
Second Assistant Director
Hans Sommer
Conductor
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Frank McGrath
Stunts
Jack N. Young
Stunts
Robert Franklyn
Orchestrator
Al Shenberg
Unit Manager
Ted Mapes
Stunts
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Frank Wesselhoff
Painter
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Location Manager
Robert Brower
Other
Henri Jaffa
Other
George White
Editor
Howard W. Koch
Assistant Director
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision / Sound
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Malcolm Brown
Art Direction
William H. Wright
Producer
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Virginia Bougas
Stunts
Jack Williams
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 30, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,261,000
Filming LocationsColorado, United States
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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 the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay—a rare honor for a Western. This was the third Western film collaboration between Anthony Mann and James Stewart. In 1997, The Naked Spur was added to the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2021, The Naked Spur was released on Blu-ray in the North American region by Warner Bros. in their Archive Collection. The disc is supplemented by an audio commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, intercut with selections from an audio interview with Mann.