THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
Special Features: Introduction by George Pelecanos on April 5
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." U.S. Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard (Jimmy Stewart) returns to the town of Shinbone, where he made his reputation as a lawman, for his friend Tom Doniphon's (John Wayne) funeral. Revisiting the early days in flashback, it turns out that the town’s famous shootout between Ranse and marauding outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) went down a bit differently than history has it, thanks to the rough'n'tumble Doniphon's noble self-sacrifice. John Ford’s elegiac tribute to the making and “closing” of the West may be his most intelligent and moving film, with standout performances by Stewart, Wayne and Vera Miles as the woman who loves them both, plus a Western "Who’s Who" that includes Edmond O'Brien, John Carradine, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle and Strother Martin. DIR John Ford; SCR James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck, based on the story by Dorothy M. Johnson; PROD Willis Goldbeck. U.S., 1962, b&w, 123 min. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 123 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, April 05, 2024
Genre: Western drama
