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?

Cast

James Stewart

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum

as Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett

as Self

Hedy Lamarr

as Self

Leonard Maltin

as Self

Victoria Tennant

as Self

Petrine Day Mitchum

as Self

Leo Braudy

as Self

Joseph McCarthy

as Self (uncredited)

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