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The Man from Laramie. 1955. USA. Directed by Anthony Mann. Courtesy of Photofest.

The Man From Laramie. 1955. USA. Directed by Anthony Mann. Screenplay by Philip Yordan, Frank Burt, based on the story by Thomas T. Flynn. With James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell. 104 min.

Anthony Mann's fifth and final western with James Stewart stands as their most psychologically rich collaboration, a brooding examination of revenge and corruption. Stewart plays Will Lockhart, an army officer on a private mission to find whoever sold rifles to the Apaches who killed his brother. His search leads him to the isolated community of Coronado, where he encounters a complex web of power, loyalty, and betrayal surrounding aging cattle baron Alec Waggoman (Donald Crisp) and his weak-willed son Dave (Alex Nicol).

Shot in expansive CinemaScope by cinematographer Charles Lang, the film makes striking use of the harsh New Mexico landscape as an external manifestation of its characters' tormented inner lives. Stewart delivers a performance of remarkable intensity, his righteous anger constantly threatening to transform into the same destructive madness he confronts in others.

This film accompanies The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival.

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