The Naked Spur
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Movie Reviews of The Naked Spur
Movie Review: good old oldies
Summary: 5 Stars
Jimmy is always tops as a cowboy in westerns. He has that certain type of drawl one never gets tired of listening to.Movie Review: The naked spur
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent service from this seller. Fast shipment. No problems. Fun movie to watch . Excellent James Stewart movie!Movie Review: excellent service
Summary: 5 Stars
I RECEIVED THE DVD IN EXCELLENT COND. AND IN A TIMELY MANNER. I WILL DO BUSINESS WITH THIS VENDOR IN THE FUTUREMovie Review: Excellent DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent DVD with James Stewart - highly recommended.
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Movie Review: Oscar nominated screen play, should have won.
Summary: 4 Stars
I give the film four stars only because of the very soft picture. Otherwise, it would earn a resounding five stars. I have been waiting a long time for this film to be on DVD, but to find that they are insulting Robert Ryan again by providing poor quality DVDs of many of his films now on DVD. Most recent example in Billy Budd, which I also have been waiting to be on DVD for eons. Both The Naked Spur and Billy Budd should have been given first class treatment. Naked is only marginally superious to the VHS due to the soft picture (Mann's other Westerns have been transferred better). MY VHS copy of Billy Budd is superior to the DVD. I definitely won't buy the DVD. Another reviewer mentioned that a few minutes of Billy Budd were deleted in order to fit it on the DVD. I wonder which scenes they were.
As for The Naked Spur, it is another Ryan masterpiece in engendering some degree of audience sympathy for an essentially psychopathic personality. It is amazing how an actor such as Ryan can interpret malevolence so well, yet be a peace activist in real life. When Ryan's Ben Vandergroat cooly murders Jesse Tate, his deep seated cold bloodedness, which has only been talked about up to that point in the film, occurs at the moment when Ben kills Jesse. Ryan's final line to Janet Leigh as he lays in ambush for James Stewart and Ralph Meeker encapsulates his situation:
"Pretty soon Roy and your friend Howie are gonna show up. Then I'll get me some more insurance against dying young."