Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017)

6.0/10 57 min Documentary TV Movie

Overview

With his naïve air, his rangy and reassuring silhouette, James Stewart symbolizes success, someone who everybody wants to look like. Behind his legendary nonchalance, Robert Mitchum is the figure of the bad boy, the kind-hearted hooligan who anyone would like to have for accomplice. What is the legacy left by these two big myths of the Hollywood cinema and in which way they fed the American dream?

Cast

James Stewart

Self (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum

Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett

Self

Hedy Lamarr

Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

Joseph McCarthy

Self (uncredited)

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