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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Two Great Stars Appear Together For the First Time!
Director: John Ford, rated PG-13 for Western
violence
  Starring: James
Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O’Brien,
Andy Devine, Woody Strode, Strother Martin, Lee Van Cleef
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"This is the West, sir.
When the legend becomes fact...print the legend." – Maxwell
Scott
Why watch this?
... finally! Two classic film titans, Wayne and Stewart, together on screen!
Plot Summary:
Senator Ransom Stoddard returns to the small frontier town of
Shinbone for the funeral of an old friend Tom Doniphon. When
asked by a newspaper reporter about his presence, Stoddard
recounts the story of his arrival in the lawless territory as a
young lawyer and his fateful confrontation with the notorious
outlaw, Liberty Valance. Stoddard's tale delves into the complex
relationship between himself, Tom, and the pursuit of law and
order in the developing West.
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Dad's Preview:
This allegorical film chronicles the decline the Wild West and
the hard men who thrived in its chaos. The strength is its director, the legendary John Ford. This man knew Western
films and the myths he helped propagate about the American West. He also knew how to direct John Wayne,
who cinematically was America's symbol of what it meant to be a
man. Here, Wayne's character, Tom Doniphon, is mature
and set in his old ways. However,
just as the Old West, his way of doing things is dying,
soon to be replaced by law and order, lawyers and
politicians. He's becoming obsolete. Lee Marvin was superbly
cast as the cruel,
sadistic title ruffian. Pilgrim, you're going to love this
complicated, black and white horse opera. |
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John Ford
Prod.; Paramount Pictures
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