Review of Winchester '73 (1950) by Frédéric I — 30 Oct 2009
I'll have to change my usual "I don't like Westerns" stance to "I don't LOVE Westerns, but most of them are okay". Not a whole lot of them end up being favorites (especially not the older ones) but there really haven't been that many that I hated, and most of those are because of John Wayne.
This one has a great gimmick with the Winchester macguffin, following the gun around from one undeserving owner to another. More importantly, it's just a fun movie with some good action scenes that avoids wallowing in most of the genre trappings.
I could have done without the "savage" Indians (Rock Hudson!) but that's just the bleeding heart liberal in me. Jimmy Stewart is pretty great in it. The film looks mighty good, too.
This review of Winchester '73 (1950) was written by Frédéric I on 30 Oct 2009.
Winchester '73 has generally received very positive reviews.
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