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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · Film · 123 min

  • Western

Plot

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

About The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance () is a 1962 black and white American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart in their first film together. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a 1949 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson. The supporting cast features Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Woody Strode, Strother Martin, and Lee Van Cleef. In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Cast

  • John WayneTom Doniphon
  • James StewartRansom Stoddard
  • Vera MilesHallie Stoddard
  • Lee MarvinLiberty Valance
  • Edmond O'BrienDutton Peabody
  • Andy DevineLink Appleyard
  • Ken MurrayDoc Willoughby
  • John CarradineCassius Starbuckle
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