Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Grégory Monro
2017-11-09


6
57 min

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

Name Character Team
James Stewart Self (archive footage) Unowned
Robert Mitchum Self (archive footage) Unowned
Dick Cavett Self Unowned
Hedy Lamarr Self Unowned
Leonard Maltin Self Unowned
Victoria Tennant Self Unowned
Petrine Day Mitchum Self Unowned
Leo Braudy Self Unowned
Joseph McCarthy Self (uncredited) Unowned