The Naked Spur

TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces The Naked Spur, 1953.

Guest host Keith Carradine introduces The Naked Spur, 1953.

Wayward soldier Roy (Ralph Meeker) gives a hand as bounty hunter Kemp (James Stewart) and pal Tate (Millard Mitchell) close in on holed-up outlaw Ben (Robert Ryan), high tension in Anthony Mann's The Naked Spur, 1953.

The whole cast appearing, Kemp (James Stewart) has his motives found out by prospector Jesse (Millard Mitchell) and deserter Roy (Ralph Meeker), now that Ben (Robert Ryan) and Lina (Janet Leigh) are in custody, in Anthony Mann's The Naked Spur, 1953.

Edgy from the start, bounty hunter Kemp (James Stewart) sneaks up on cranky old prospector Tate (Millard Mitchell), the opening of Anthony Mann's celebrated Western The Naked Spur, 1953.

Bounty hunter Kemp (James Stewart) and sidekick Tate (Millard Mitchell) warn of Indians as they get prisoners Ben and Lina (Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh) ready to travel, fugitive soldier Roy (Ralph Meeker) objecting, in Anthony Mann's The Naked Spur, 1953.

A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter in The Naked Spur (1953), directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Robert Ryan and Janet Leigh.