

The Naked Spur
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A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- bounty hunter
- escape
- ambush
- greed
- moral conflict
- outlaw
- gunshot wound
- indian attack
- prospector
- civil war veteran
- spurs
- colorado territory
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalWashington, D.C.29 Jan 1953
- Theatrical1 Feb 1953
- PhysicalDVD15 Aug 2006
- PhysicalBlu-ray21 Sept 2021
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP2 Oct 1953
- TheatricalTPRe-release17 May 1973
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany8 Dec 1953
- TVEast Germany14 Jun 1986
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1228 May 1954
- TheatricalM/12Re-release16 Jul 1965
- Theatrical (limited)M/12Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa27 Jan 2025
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The Naked Spur was released on 29 January 1953.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/19/2025
There were not that many actors who could cross the genres as effortlessly as James Stewart, and he proves that here in this superior western that pitches him as disgruntled bounty hunter “Kemp”. He is on the trail of the ingenious “Vandergroat” (Robert Ryan) who’s found himself a vantage point that he can readily defend with rifle and rocks. “Kemp” is a lone wolf, so isn’t naturally inclined to work with the wanderi…
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