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Valerie is a 1957 American Western film inspired by Rashomon, starring Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg and Anthony Steel. The film depicts contradictory flashback sequences of a rancher's trial for killing his wife and her parents.
After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.
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- Gerd Oswald
- 1957-08-01
After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.
Valerie (1957) is a film about a war hero who marries a young immigrant girl and abuses her, but she plots to run away with another man. The film has three versions of the story, told by different characters, and features Anita Ekberg as the title character.
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Valerie is a film about a former Union Major who is tried for killing his wife and her parents. The film shows two different versions of their marriage, one from his perspective and one from hers.
Mono. Color. Black and White. John Garth, prominent rancher and Civil War hero, rides with ranchhands Lundy and Jim Mingo to the home of Louis and Lili Horvat, the parents of his estranged wife Valerie, who has resumed living with them. After Garth and Lundy enter the house, gunshots are heard.
Producer. Emmett Murphy. Screenwriter. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Advertise With Us. Versions differ as a Civil War hero (Sterling Hayden) stands trial out West for shooting his wife...
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