The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

About The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 western film directed by John Ford. Its themes are funeral, ranch, showdown, and cowboy.

John Wayne takes the lead as Tom Doniphon, James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard, Vera Miles as Hallie Stoddard, and Lee Marvin as Liberty Valance. Released in April 1962, it runs 123 minutes.

The screenplay is by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck. In the United States it streams on fuboTV.

3:10 to Yuma, High Noon, and They Call Me Trinity make useful companions to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, all filed under black and white and outlaw. TMDB voters put it at 7.8 out of 10 across 1,345 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.