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?
Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)James Stewart
Self (archive footage)Petrine Day Mitchum
SelfHedy Lamarr
SelfDick Cavett
SelfLeonard Maltin
SelfJoseph McCarthy
Self (uncredited)Leo Braudy
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