The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Movie · 2h 3m · PG-13
The read
A Balasaur Score of 86 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 94/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 157 1960s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Ratings
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
1,332 audience votes
Key crew
- John FordDirector
- James Warner BellahScreenplay
- Willis GoldbeckScreenplay
- Cyril J. MockridgeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John WayneTom Doniphon
- James StewartRansom Stoddard
- Vera MilesHallie Stoddard
- Lee MarvinLiberty Valance
- Edmond O'BrienDutton Peabody
- Andy DevineLink Appleyard
- Ken MurrayDoc Willoughby
- John CarradineCassius Starbuckle
- Jeanette NolanNora Ericson
- John QualenPeter Ericson
- Willis BoucheyJason Tully
- Carleton YoungMaxwell Scott
Stills
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Themes
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