# L'Appât (1953)

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**Original title**: *The Naked Spur*
**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Western
**Directed by**: Anthony Mann
**Written by**: Harold Jack Bloom, Sam Rolfe
**Starring**: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, Millard Mitchell

> *Packed with Technicolor Thrills!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

James Stewart as a desperate bounty hunter towing a prisoner across the desert gets hijacked by two sly opportunists claiming to help—only they have their own designs on the reward. The film trades open plains for psychological tension, letting Stewart’s quiet menace and the betrayals simmer under a relentless sun.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, paranoid, raw

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