Every day, AlloCiné recommends watching a movie (again) on TV. Tonight: The second of five films in Anthony Mann’s Western series starring James Stewart.
Born Emil Anton Bundesmann, Anthony Mann began his career in the theater world. In 1934 he founded a stock company troupe starring James Stewart.
Sixteen years later, the two men began a fruitful collaboration in cinema. It began with Winchester 73 in 1950, continued with three other films – Les Affameurs in 1952, L’Appât in 1953, Je suis un aventurier in 1954 – and ended in 1955 with L’Homme de laplain.
The second film of this cycle, considered by critics to be the best and purest expression of the classic western, hunger Adapted from Bill Gulick’s novel of the same name snake bend.
However, screenwriter Borden Chase strays from the original story to dwell on the lesser-known and picturesque aspects of the conquest of the West. In this case, he mixes a pioneer trek in Oregon in the 1840s with the story of a failed friendship.
Always impressive, James Stewart is surrounded by Arthur Kennedy as the villain, or even Rock Hudson, then in his big screen debut. With an average viewer rating of 3.9 out of 5 on AlloCiné, hunger Perfectly portrays a western according to Anthony Mann: complex heroes, in search of redemption, shot in tight frames, in contrast to the magnificent natural environment (here we will keep the panoramas of the Columbia River and Mount Hood), recorded, for the first time, in St. Technicolor.
The film became a hit upon its release and grossed nearly $3 million in the United States. In France, it is seen by 1.1 million viewers.
hunger By Anthony Mann with James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson…
Tonight on C8 at 9.15pm.
Source: allocine
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