The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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- 81/100 based on 79,718 votes
  • Released: 1962
  • Runtime: 123 mins
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  • Studio: Paramount Pictures
  • Genres: Western

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. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddard has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson's restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for St... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance:

John Wayne
James Stewart
Vera Miles
Lee Marvin
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Andy Devine

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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. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddard has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson's restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for Statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues terrorizing the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it.

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Austin Chronicle - 10/10 by Marjorie BaumgartenArguably, the best John Ford film ever, certainly one the very best, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is an American classic. Ford addresses the complexity of heroism in a poetic manner.
The New Yorker - 10/10 by Richard BrodyIt’s both the most romantic of Westerns and the greatest American political movie. But the movie is also romantic in another, intimate way—it’s a great love story and a painful triangle, involving the tenderfoot lawyer (James Stewart), his gunslinger friend (John Wayne), and the woman they both love (Vera Miles).
Creative Loafing - 10/10 by Matt BrunsonMerely one of the greatest Westerns ever made, John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a genuine masterpiece, notable for (among other attributes) the immortal line, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertIn a few characters and a gripping story, Ford dramatizes the debate about guns that still continues in many Western states. That he does this by mixing in history, humorous supporting characters and a poignant romance is typical; his films were complete and self-contained in a way that approaches perfection. Without ever seeming to hurry, he doesn't include a single gratuitous shot.
Time Out - 10/10 by Nigel FloydFord's purest and most sustained expression of the familiar themes of the passing of the Old West, the conflict between the untamed wilderness and the cultivated garden, and the power of myth.
Chicago Reader - 10/10 by Dave KehrA great film, rich in thought and feeling, composed in rhythms that vary from the elegiac to the spontaneous.
Arizona Daily Star - 10/10 by Phil VillarrealIn their final Western together, Wayne and Ford gave the past a resounding send-off.
ReelViews - 10/10 by James BerardinelliAlong with The Searchers, it represents John Ford at his most accomplished. And it is one of the best Westerns Hollywood has ever produced.
The Spectator - 10/10 by Isabel QuiglyWith all the Ford requirements and the Ford mystique, including John Wayne and James Stewart off- setting each other's archetypal physiques, presences, worlds and implications; and Edmond O'Brien, at his uproariest.
The A.V. Club - 10/10 by Keith PhippsA bittersweet look at the closing of the frontier by focusing on two strikingly different men who help one town choose law and order over the chaos of the open range.

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