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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( / ˈvæləns /) is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a 1953 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Directed by John Ford. With James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin. A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Dec 28, 2011 · Advertisement. Three men stand at the center of the story: Stoddard, Doniphon, and Valance. As the film opens, U. S. Senator Ransom Stoddard ( James Stewart) arrives in Shinbone by the new railroad with his wife Hallie ( Vera Miles) to attend the funeral of a man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne).
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard...
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May 21, 2024 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, American western film, released in 1962, that was John Ford’s poetic and sombre look at the end of the Wild West era. Although atypical of his usual works, it is widely considered Ford’s last great movie and among his best westerns.
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I Hate Tricks, Pilgrim John Wayne as rough-hewn rancher Tom Doniphon has come to consider city-born lawyer Ranse (James Stewart) a rival for his girl, but also feels some duty to warn him against confronting the notorious outlaw, thus this famous scene from John Ford’s The Man Who Shot ...
A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins. When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all.
