

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
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?
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Actors

James Stewart
Self (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett
Self

Hedy Lamarr
Self

Leonard Maltin
Self
Victoria Tennant
Self
Petrine Day Mitchum
Self
Leo Braudy
Self

Joseph McCarthy
Self (uncredited)
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