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Key Information
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| Directors: |
George Stevens |
| Stars: |
Jean Arthur |
| Actors: |
Brandon De Wilde |
| Genre: |
Westerns |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Family Interaction · Essential Cinema · Classic · Family (General) |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Generic |
| UPC: |
097360652239 |
| Release Date: |
1953 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 57min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Generic, 1hr 57min Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (August 15, 2000) UPC: 097360652277 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
A.B. Guthrie Jr. |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/03/2000, p.3, Roger Ebert): "...There are intriguing mysteries in SHANE..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
George Stevens' classic Western, adaptated from the Jack Schaefer novel, stars Alan Ladd in the title role. Riding the ranges of Wyoming's Grand Tetons, Shane stops at the farm of homesteader Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) just before Ryker (Emile Meyer), a powerful and predatory cattleman, arrives with his hired muscle to make the farmer a threatening offer for land that he intends to get by any means necessary. When Shane lets the cattle baron know that his gun will back Starrett if there's any trouble, the grateful homesteader offers the stranger a job as a hired hand, which he accepts. Joe's young son Joey (Brandon de Wilde) is drawn to the quiet stranger, whose difference from the men he knows is confirmed by the accidental revelation of a gunfighter's lightning reflexes. Shane becomes a valuable asset to the farm, but is slowly drawn into the continuing hostilities between the two opposing groups. To complicate matters, Shane feels an unspoken, and unwanted, attraction to Starrett's wife Marian (Jean Ar... |
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