Man of the West

United States

1958

100 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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SCR Will C. Brown, Reginald Rose

CAST Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner, Royal Dano, Robert J. Wilke

Anthony Mann

Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director.

Born Emil Anton Bundsmann in the Point Loma area of San Diego, Mann was the son of an Austrian immigrant, Emile Theodore Bundsmann, and Bertha Waxelbaum of Macon, Georgia.

Mann started out as an actor, appearing in plays off-Broadway in New York City. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood, where he joined the Selznick International Pictures.

Mann became an assistant director in 1942, directing low-budget assignments for RKO and Republic Pictures.

Mann was respected for his acute visual sensitivity toward the American Western landscape, effortlessly blending natural vistas with human drama. Mann’s dramas verged on classical tragedy, often showing anguished heroes attempting to resolve personal pain and confusion.

In 1967, Mann died from a heart attack in Berlin, Germany while filming the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic. The film was completed by the film’s star, Laurence Harvey… read more

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NRH

26Sep11

Godard Says: "I spoke earlier of vegetal beauty. Gary Cooper's amorphous face belongs to the mineral kingdom: thus proving that Anthony Mann is returning to the basic truths." I'm not sure any of that is true, but this is certainly a highlight of Mann's career, and of the Western in general.

Dave

25May11

A role that was tailor-made for Gary Cooper. Anthony Mann reaffirms why he was one of the best directors of westerns to ever work in the genre. I still prefer a number of the films he made with Jimmy Stewart, but this is still a great cap to his foray into westerns.

Miasma

14Apr11

Man. I recall being not highly impressed with a recent viewing of the original True Grit. Then I watched this and realized how much that film has going for it... lush cinematography, entertaining performances all around... it's never a good sign when you have to fall back on Lee J. Cobb screaming his head off... Anthony Mann, no thank you. Ew.