Winchester '73

1950

Directed by Anthony Mann

Cast: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.