Film Profile: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - (1962)
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"Together for the first time"
- Director: John Ford
- Genre: Western, Action & Adventure, Classics,
- Studio: Paramount
- Subtitled | Widescreen | Black & White | Duration: 140 Mins
Overview:
Two of Hollywood's greatest stars are paired in this key late John Ford western - once unfairly dismissed for being shot in black-and-white in an era of colour. A top-billed James Stewart plays "Pilgrim" Ransom Stoddard, a US senator who returns to the town of Shinbone for the funeral of rancher Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). The bulk of the story unfolds in flashback, culminating in a twist that only a spoilsport would reveal. The skilfully written screenplay makes the complexity of its themes appear so simple, and the film clearly shows the impact of the arrival of literacy on an innocent, more primitive west. Wayne and Stewart create indelible western icons, and a superb Lee Marvin offers memorable support as the Liberty Valance of the title. But perhaps this neglected masterpiece is best summed up by its most famous quote, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend!".
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