ANTHONY MANN directed some intelligent minor Thrillers and Film Noir before hitting his stride with some of the greatest Westerns of the 1950s (many starring James Stewart-Winchester 73, Bend of the River, The Far Country, The Naked Spur). An Earlier film Devil’s Doorway (1950), also … Continue reading Anthony Mann – pure classicist
Mann directed some intelligent minor Thrillers and Film Noir before hitting his stride with a number of the greatest Westerns of the 1950s, the decade which celebrated the adult Western’s coming of age. Mann’s list of films speaks for itself: Devil’s Doorway (1949) was regrettably … Continue reading ANTHONY MANN-A PURE CLASSICIST
