Winchester '73 Page #4

Synopsis: In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown. This "story of a rifle" then follows McAdams' pursuit, and the rifle as it changes hands, until a final showdown and shoot-out on a rocky mountain precipice.
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Director(s): Anthony Mann
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1950
92 min
481 Views


up on the saddle back!

Yeah!

Take a look!

Can you read it?

I don't have to!

Injun smoke always

means the same-- trouble!

You think they know

about Custer?

All I know is,

I wanna get my business done

and get outta here!

If you were smart,

you'd do the same!

With what?

Mine doesn't come

as easy as yours!

Then why don't you

try it my way?

Or is that too rich

for your belly?

Call it that

if you want!

There's some things

that even I wouldn't sell

to an Indian!

Are we gonna quarrel?

Howdy, Dutch!

Been a long time!

Anybody inside?

Fella named Lamont!

Indian trader!

Did you come far?

Far enough!

Notice much smoke

on the way?

Looks like they're

working up a sun dance!

We're hungry!

This is Joe Lamont.

Dutch Henry, Johnny and Ben.

Looks like you might

have been in Dodge City

and left in a hurry!

Was that meant

to be funny?

He's all right, Dutch!

Just that he notices things

like guns!

You sellin' these?

Yep!

You a half-breed?

I'm white,

and you haven't got a gun!

That's right!

So I'll buy some of these!

I might even get one

that was meant to kill

a white woman!!!

or her kids!

It's empty!

How much you got?

Less than $20!

I left the rest

in Dodge City at 5 to 1!

You?

Uh, 7.58, 9.

I went for the whole kit.

We'll take three six-guns

and some 44-40s

for my Winchester!

What'll it be?

- $300!

Three hundred?

Why, you two-bit thief!

I ought to wrap 'em

around your neck!

A six-gun doesn't bring

better than $25

anywhere in the territory!

- Does for me!

- Why--

Wait a minute, Dutch!

You got no call

to insult this gentleman!

Gentleman!

All right! So he's

an Indian trader!

I know of a lot

worse things!

What, for instance?

That you're not gonna get

the price down that way!

I'm sick and tired

of goin' around naked!

Dutch, we need guns!

We got $82!

What'll that bring?

Mind if I look

at your Winchester?

I can use

a four-pound steak!

Or will that cost 300?

No, I get my beef cheap!

Have one on the house

while you're waiting!

One of a Thousand!

I've heard of'em,

but this is the first I see!

Play your red six

on the black seven!

The red six!

Thanks!

I'm not much of a hand

at cards!

Just killin' a little time

until Young Bull

sends his man down!

Yes, sir,

that's a real fine gun!

Don't suppose

you wanna sell?

I'm buyin', not sellin'!

Your black jack

on the queen!

What's Young Bull doin'

this far north?

I wouldn't know!

But he wants guns!

They all want repeaters

since the Little Big Horn!

Thought I'd clean up

and get out!

Might go ranchin'

up Montana way!

What happened

at Little Big Horn?

Haven't you heard?

Sioux jumped Custer!

Wiped out his whole command!

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Robert L. Richards

Robert L. Richards was a film screenwriter. Richards worked on a number of notable films of the 1940s and 1950s including Winchester '73, Johnny Stool Pigeon, and Act of Violence. His radio work included writing for the Suspense series which aired on the CBS network from 1942 until 1962. Among Richards' numerous Suspense offerings was his critically acclaimed neogothic horror thriller entitled The House in Cypress Canyon broadcast on December 5, 1946. Considered one of the tautest, most chilling dramas in the Suspense canon, the now classic show featured Robert Taylor, Cathy Lewis, Hans Conried, and Howard Duff in starring roles. Richards was blacklisted in Hollywood because of his left wing views. He wrote under various pseudonyms to get work, until he finally gave up and became a carpenter. He retired to Pátzcuaro, Mexico, where he died, still bitter about the career he had lost. more…

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