History Film / Winchester73

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In addition to Wyatt Earp, there's also reference to Custer getting massacred.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Steve.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Lola looks gorgeous but doesn't really affect the story very much, the plot being about the gun and the varous people that come in contact with it. Shelley Winters was later quoted as saying "If I hadn't been in it, would anybody have noticed?"
** Once Lin settles accounts with Dutch Henry, Lola definitely attracts his attention.

* TitleByYear: Also WeaponTitle, given how the gun's name has a year in it. It's the prize of a shooting contest.
* WeaponTitle: Also a TitleByYear, given how the gun's name has a year in it. It's the prize of a shooting contest.

* AndThisIsFor: A nicer version of this trope: when the army rescues Lola and Steve from the Sioux, Lola kisses Sgt. Wilkes, the head officer for saving their lives; he jokes, "Now you disappoint me; I thought it was 'cause I'm pretty." Later, when Steve and Lola are about to leave, she kisses Wilkes again, and says, "This is 'cause you're pretty."

* DeadpanSnarker: High Spade Frankie.

* WhatTheHellHero: Lola never really forgives Steve for going for help and abandoning her when the Sioux come riding down on them.

A {{Western}} from 1950 directed by Creator/AnthonyMann and starring Creator/JamesStewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen [=McNally=], and Millard Mitchell.

-->'''Wyatt Earp:''' I thought you said you didn't know him.
-->'''Lin:''' [[ExactWords I said I didn't recall the name.]]

A {{Western}} from 1950 directed by Creator/AnthonyMann and starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen [=McNally=], and Millard Mitchell.

* TheDeterminator: Lin, all the way.

* AwesomeEgo: Waco Johnny Dean.
--> '''Lola''': "You're the fastest gun in Texas!"
--> [[GunmanWithThreeNames '''Waco Johnny Dean''']]: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Lady, why limit me?"]]
* {{Brownface}}: A young Rock Hudson pops up as Young Bull the Sioux.

A {{Western}} from 1950 directed by Creator/AnthonyMann and starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]], Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, [=Stephen McNally=], and Millard Mitchell.

[=Lin McAdam=], a former Texas ranger, is riding with his partner High-Spade Frankie Wilson to track down a man. When they reach Dodge City, they run into Dutch Henry Brown, the man they're looking for (though [[IHaveManyNames that's not his real name]]). As [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Wyatt Earp]], the sheriff in town, is keeping a close eye on both of them and has taken everyone's gun, Lin and Dutch Henry confine their bad blood to a shooting contest that's in town; the winner gets [[MacGuffin the rifle of the title]], which is supposed to be the best gun around. Lin ends up winning the contest, but before he can leave town, Dutch Henry and his gang ambush him and steal the gun. At this point, [[TwoLinesNoWaiting the film follows both Lin's attempt to catch up to Dutch Henry, as well as the path of the gun]], as it ends up with a trader, a Sioux Indian chief, Steve Miller, a man trying to settle down with his girlfriend Lola Manners, and Waco Johnny Dean, a cocky gunman, among others.

Notable for being the first film to team up Stewart and Mann (they went on to make seven more films together), the first of Stewart's DarkerAndEdgier roles, and most important, the first film where a star (Stewart) agreed to take a lesser salary up front in exchange for a percentage of the profits, which helped change business practices in the movies. Rock Hudson and Creator/TonyCurtis, who would both go on to be big stars, appear briefly as a Sioux chief and a U.S. cavalryman, respectively.

Notable for being the first film to team up Stewart and Mann (they went on to make seven more films together), the first of Stewart's DarkerAndEdgier roles, and most important, the first film where a star (Stewart) agreed to take a lesser salary up front in exchange for a percentage of the profits, which helped change business practices in the movies.