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The Far Country (1955)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:10
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: One of the best Mann/Stewart Westerns of the '50s with a refreshing Yukon setting. Stewart drives cattle north on an arduous trek to Alaska. When he reaches his destination, his pay-off for his... One of the best Mann/Stewart Westerns of the '50s with a refreshing Yukon setting. Stewart drives cattle north on an arduous trek to Alaska. When he reaches his destination, his pay-off for his trouble is double-cross and violence. [More]
Starring: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan
Starring: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan, John McIntire, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie, Royal Dano
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Anthony Mann
Screenwriter: Borden Chase
Producer: Aaron Rosenberg
Composer: Joseph Gershenson
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Reviews for The Far Country
The movie becomes a game between Mann and the viewer - how long can the filmmaker keep the supposed hero from finally doing the right thing?
The final shootout probably inspired Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller, taking place in the dark, on the ground and crawling in the mud -- purposely clumsy and unheroic.
It stars Mann's favorite Western leading man James Stewart in an anti-hero role.
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