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Destry Jr.

posted 13 years ago by bothpartiessuck
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Has Jimmy Stewart played ANY role in any movie in which he wasn't a wimp (Destry Rides Again), a coward, a wuss, or am imbecile (Harvey)? If so, please name it.

[–] dark_frances 13 years ago

He isn't a wimp here, in fact Destry Jr is pretty badass. You seem to have misjudged him as easily as the town drunks.

Otherwise, James Stewart is also far from being a wuss in Rope and Winchester '73, he is distressed and cruel in the second half of Vertigo, plays a cynical small-town lawyer in Anatomy of a Murder and is a menacing patriarch in Shenandoah.

there's a highway that is curling up like smoke above his shoulder

[–] chicago85 13 years ago

in the "Naked Spur" he hunted a man down for the bounty on him. He wanted the money so bad he could taste it.

[–] Ida1041 12 years ago

In ''Malaya'' (1949) he doesn't look like wimp, he is good but serious, he even has a gun.

[–] lmh-10 11 years ago

Spirit of Saint Louis, Two Rode Together, Strategic Air Command.

[–] DeepFriedJello 11 years ago

So..Because he doesn't wear a gun and carves napkin rings, makes him a wuss?

[–] ben-thayer 8 years ago

3 years from the last post, but I am VERY surprised no one mentioned the role of Jeff Webster in The Far Country.

That character was rough and cynical...and in no way was a wimp, coward, wuss, or imbecile.

[–] liscarkat (16483) 4 years ago

I've seen almost all of Stewart's movies, and I've never seen him play a wimp, a coward, a wuss, or an imbecile. You must have him confused with some other actor.