ROCK HUDSON - WINCHESTER 73 - 1950

This is a fun one.  It is the piece of script that Rock Hudson read to get the part in Winchester 73 in 1949 when he was 23 or 24 years old.  Picture him reading for a part, nervous, pacing and trying to think of something to impress the casting people.   He must have done well as he got the part.

SYNOPSIS:

In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown. This "story of a rifle" then follows McAdams' pursuit, and the rifle as it changes hands, until a final showdown and shoot-out on a rocky mountain precipice. Written by Herman Seifer {alagain@aol.com}

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives. Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}