The Naked Spur
Movie • 1953 • Action
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Howard Kemp has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, he teams up with prospector Jesse Tate and former Union soldier Roy Anderson. Thinking Kemp is a sheriff, they agree to help for a small fee. When they catch Vandergroat, he tells them Kemp is pursuing a $5,000 bounty. After demanding equal shares, the uneasy alliance heads for Kansas as Vandergroat tries to turn them against each other.
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Not specifically but a small donkey is forced to carry a prisoner and it doesn't look happy or comfortable about it
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No but the backstory of one character is that he is a rapist.
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Not the word but the meaning. One of the characters previously raped a Native American woman.
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Towards the end, the villain hits his female companion, knocking her out. She looks up to him like a father but he thinks of her as a girlfriend.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It isn’t exactly happy as most of the characters are dead but it is kind of hopeful.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Not on screen. A character does beat another to death but we don't see anything. Another character is crushed by a log.
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Very minor, just to indicate gunshot wounds.
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There are gunshots
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A man is hit by a log in a river.
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Is there a large age gap?
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Yes, about 20 years between the female lead and both men she is paired with. They were friends of her father.
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One character is shot and falls from a height into a river, presumably already dead, another character goes into the river to retrieve the body and while in the river is hit by a log and dragged away, suggested that the impact kills him. The first dead body is dragged out of the river.
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Is there gun violence?
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Throughout. Multiple characters killed.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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I don't know. The characters come across a group of Blackfoot who are after a man who raped one of their daughters. The rapist sets up an ambush and starts a fight so everyone is forced into a fight to the death and all the Native Americans are killed. They are only in one scene and have no lines. Their deaths are played as needless and bleak but they are never mentioned again after this. I would say that it isn't negative representation but I don't know if it is accurate representation.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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A woman is hit in the face during a fight and later knocked out with the butt of a rifle
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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A character burns their hands on a rope but quickly recovers.
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Briefly during a fight
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Is someone stalked?
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Not exactly but some Native Americans are hunting down a rapist.
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Yes, a man puts his hand over a woman's mouth to wake her up without making a noise.
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The villain is shot and falls from a height into a river.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Characters sneak off during the night. There is also a backstory of a man being abandoned by his fiancée while he was away at war.
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Does a pet die?
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A woman's sick horse is shot to her distress
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Yes, a character becomes unconscious and falls off a horse due to being shot earlier. Later another character is knocked unconscious with a gun
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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A woman shaves a man's face with a stick razor.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is someone restrained?
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Yes the antagonist has their wrists bound for most of the film
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No, it is suggested as a possibility though this is mainly manipulation to cause unrest in the group.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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A character crawls through a very tight cave.
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I guess all five characters are currently between homes.
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Does someone die?
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Yes, about twelve Native Americans are slaughtered and several main characters.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Dead horses seen in the background
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Does the black guy die first?
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A horse is shown to be sick on the ground ~20 minutes in. (It doesn't appear to be in any real pain or suffering.) The main character shoots it off screen.
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Does a horse die?
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A horse is shown to be sick on the ground ~20 minutes in. (It doesn't appear to be in any real pain or suffering.) The main character shoots it off screen.
There is also a gunfight on horseback. Horses are shown laying dead in the background after the fight.
There is also a gunfight on horseback. Horses are shown laying dead in the background after the fight.
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