Winchester 73 (TV 1967)

Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.

Director:

Herschel Daugherty

Writers:

Richard DeLong Adams (teleplay), Borden Chase (earlier screenplay),

Stars:

Tom Tryon, John Saxon, Dan Duryea

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Tryon	...	Lin McAdam
John Saxon	...	Dakin McAdam
Dan Duryea	...	Bart McAdam
John Drew Barrymore	...	Preacher
Joan Blondell	...	Larouge
John Dehner	...	High-Spade Johnny Dean
William Kerwin	...	Roland Harcourt
BarBara Luna	...	Meriden (as Barbara Luna)
Paul Fix	...	Ben McAdam
David Pritchard	...	Dan McAdam
John Doucette	...	Jake Starret
Jack Lambert	...	Scots
John Hoyt	...	Sunrider
Jan Arvan
Robert Bice	...	Master of Cermonies

Storyline

Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.

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Plot Keywords:

rifle | remake | repeating rifle | guns of the west | winchester rifle | 

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Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 March 1967 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dan Duryea and John Doucette also appeared in the original 1950 theatrical version, of which this is a remake.

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Connections

Version of Winchester '73 (1950)

User Reviews

Decent Remake

This television remake of the Jimmy Stewart classic finds sheriff Tom Tryon and his no-good cousin John Saxon competing for the title weapon, being offered up as a prize in a shooting contest by Saxon's father Dan Duryea. When he loses, the vile Saxon kills Tryon's father and takes off with the gun and both of his cousins in pursuit.

This isn't as loosely plotted or episodic as the original film, nor as great. Still, it's a pretty good TV movie with more of a theatrical feel to it than other movies-of-the-week, with some entertaining action scenes.

John Drew Barrymore stands out and delivers an interesting, amusing performance as a long-haired member of Saxon's gang, who talks and dresses like a preacher and drives a hearse!

A couple of the actors from the 1950 version return, most notably Dan Duryea.

The Winchester looks exactly like the one from the original film, with the same etchings and brass plaque on the stock. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Universal dug through it's prop department and dusted off the same gun.