Credited as Anthony Curtis, though he was really born Bernard Schwartz, Tony makes an early appearance in one of James Stewart and director Anthony Mann’s five Westerns.
Alongside other film newbie Rock Hudson, whom he became firm friends with, Curtis appears as Doan, a young man who discovers Stewart’s all-important rifle. As Westerns go, it’s a vital, spectacular triumph, and hints at great things to come for Curtis.
Tony Trivia: In Curtis’ first film Criss Cross, shot just a year before Winchester ’73, he was credited as James Curtis. We prefer Tony.
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snakes65
Sep 30th 2010, 17:13
Mitchum refused the DEFIANT ONES because having been part of a chain gang in the South when he was a teen he knew that in that part of the country a black man and white man would never have been paired together. The idea that he refused to co-star alongside a black actor was made up by Curtis.
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