A Naked Spur occurs as 1953 American western movie directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their third collaboration.

Plot
Howard Kempt (James Stewart) tracks murderer Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan) for the $5000 reward, which he hopes to use to repurchase his cattle ranch which his ex-fiancée got sold when he was serving in the army. Tidy enlists the trite mineworker to help him & unknowingly allows the freed soldier to joaround in his quest. He eventually captures Vandergoat (& a killer's girl), however tension rises when Vandergoat seeks to turn his capturer against both more & Kempt to keep his money.

Reception
the film was a pack professional hit whilst foremost freed, ensuring trine supplementary Stewart-Mann collaborations, including deuce further westerns. Screenwriters Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom were nominated for the 1954 Best Screenplay Academy Award. In a years since its release, the film has achieved continued profits, gaining further critical plaudits currently so upon number one release. A film was deemed "culturally significant" per Library of Congress and selected for preservation by the federally funded United States National Film Registry in 1997.

James Stewart and Anthony Mann
James Stewart starred around 5 classic american moving picture by director Anthony Mann. All told 5 he plays the human that is haunted per past. A films come far-famed for their innovational have of a landscape to portray the characters feelings.

Winchester '73 (1950) Bend of the River (1952) The Naked Spur (1953) The Man from Laramie (1955) The Far Country (1955)

Cast
James Stewart as Howard Kemp
Janet Leigh as Lina Patch
Robert Ryan as Ben Vandergroat
Ralph Meeker as Roy Anderson
Millard Mitchell as Jesse Tate