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Year Released:
1953
Genres:
Drama, Western
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Directed by George Stevens

Alan Ladd stars as a cowboy getting caught up in the down and dirty settlement of the frontier, a theme familiar to many Westerns. It is the subtlety of the performances and direction that make this a genre masterpiece. This masterful Western negotiates the complexity of the morally ambiguous characters with a careful hand, making it stand out as a testament to the pleasures of great Hollywood filmmaking.

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