Man Without A Star (1955): Kirk Douglas Drifting - 4 Star Films
: The wire acts as a powerful metaphor for social division and the literal scarring of the land and those who fight for it. Man Without a Star (1955)-alE13
: The film centers on the transition from the open range to individually controlled, fenced-off patches of land. Dempsey Rae loves the freedom of the open range and drifts north to avoid the growing use of barbed wire, which he views as a "vampire" or a cross to his "crucifix" due to past trauma. Man Without A Star (1955): Kirk Douglas Drifting