Movie: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
| Release Date: | Apr 1962 |
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| Genres: | Western / Romance / Drama |
| Awards | Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | 123 min. |
| Cast: | John Wayne (Tom Doniphon), James Stewart (Ransom Stoddard), Vera Miles (Hallie Stoddard) Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) Edmond O'Brien (Dutton Peabody) Andy Devine (Marshal Link Appleyard) Ken Murray (Doc Willoughby) John Carradine (Maj. Cassius Starbuckle) Jeanette Nolan (Nora Ericson) John Qualen (Peter Ericson) Willis Bouchey (Jason Tully - Conductor) Carleton Young (Maxwell Scott) Woody Strode (Pompey) Denver Pyle (Amos Carruthers) Strother Martin (Floyd) |
Storyline: Senator Ranse Stoddard returns to the city of Shinbone in the Wild West, to go to the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphon. To a journalist, who's wondering what the senator is doing in Shinbone, he tells how his career started as "the man who shot Liberty Valance". As a lawyer he came to Shinbone to bring law and order to the west by means of law books. When the stagecoach is held up by outlaws, he is savagely beaten by Liberty Valance. He survives the attack and is nursed by his future wife, Hallie. Hallie is being wooed by a local rancher, Tom Doniphon. Ranse teaches the people of Shinbone to read and write, all the while trying to find a way of bringing Valance to justice. He finally takes up a gun and faces Valance in a menacing shootout...
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