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Key Information
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| Directors: |
John Ford |
| Stars: |
James Stewart |
| Actors: |
Lee Marvin |
| Genre: |
Westerns |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Law/Lawyers · Rivalry · Social Issues · Essential Cinema · Classic |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
097361423425 |
| Release Date: |
1962 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 3min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Paramount Centennial Collection, 2hr 3min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (May 19, 2009)
UPC: 097361423449 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 0min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
James Warner Bellah |
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Professional Reviews
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(06/01/2007, p.56, Gregory Kirschling): "[O]ddly stirring and ahead of its time." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
In John Ford's stark, melancholy swan song for the conventional frontier Western, aged Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns to the small town of Shinbone with his wife, Hallie (Vera Miles), for the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphan (John Wayne), where he recounts for reporters his relationship with the man. His arrival in the town years earlier as a newly minted lawyer had been welcomed with a vicious beating by Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin), a flamboyant thug hired by powerful business interests fearful of the lawyer's intentions to stump for statehood. Doniphan, a rancher and feared gunman, finds Stoddard unconscious, takes him into town, and continues to protect him, particularly after coming to realize that the woman he loves cares more for the lawyer. Despite Doniphan's warnings that the only law in the region comes at the end of a gun barrel, the stubborn lawyer insists on teaching the illiterate townspeople about the rule of law in a democratic society. When Stoddard is elected as the ... |
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