The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Also Known As: Un tiro en la noche

Company: Paramount Pictures / John Ford Productions

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Budget: $3,200,000

Full Cast: John Wayne / James Stewart / Vera Miles / Lee Marvin / Edmond O'Brien / Andy Devine / Ken Murray / John Carradine / Jeanette Nolan / John Qualen / Willis Bouchey / Carleton Young / Woody Strode / Denver Pyle / Strother Martin / Lee Van Cleef / Robert F. Simon / O.Z. Whitehead / Paul Birch / Joseph Hoover / Charles Akins / Mario Arteaga / Gertrude Astor / Frank Baker / Leonard Baker / Danny Borzage / Rudy Bowman / Robert Donner / Larry Finley / Shug Fisher / Duke Fishman / Ben Frommer / Helen Gibson / Herman Hack / Chuck Hamilton / Sam Harris / Chuck Hayward / Tom Hennesy / William Henry / Bryan 'Slim' Hightower / Earle Hodgins / Stuart Holmes / Jimmy Horan / Michael Jeffers / Eddie Juaregui / Jack Kenny / Ethan Laidlaw / Anna Lee / Carl M. Leviness / Jacqueline Malouf / Ted Mapes / Rod McGaughy / Montie Montana / Bob Morgan / Charles Morton / Eva Novak / Jack Pennick / Jack Perrin / Dorothy Phillips / 'Snub' Pollard / Stephanie Pond-Smith / Chuck Roberson / Robert Robinson / Buddy Roosevelt / Phil Schumacher / Charles Seel / Tom Smith / Cap Somers / Rudy Sooter / Slim Talbot / Jack Tornek / Ralph Volkie / Max Wagner / Blackie Whiteford / Jack Williams

Cast and Character: John Wayne as Tom Doniphon / James Stewart as Ransom Stoddard / Vera Miles as Hallie Stoddard / Lee Marvin as Liberty Valance / Edmond O'Brien as Dutton Peabody / Andy Devine as Marshal Link Appleyard / Ken Murray as Doc Willoughby / John Carradine as Maj. Cassius Starbuckle / Jeanette Nolan as Nora Ericson / John Qualen as Peter Ericson / Willis Bouchey as Jason Tully - Conductor / Carleton Young as Maxwell Scott / Woody Strode as Pompey / Denver Pyle as Amos Carruthers / Strother Martin as Floyd

Trailer: n/A

Color: Black and White

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

Directors: John Ford

Genres: Drama / Romance / Western

Languages: English

Location: California, USA

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Plot: When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddard has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson's restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for Statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues terrorizing the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it.

Poster: posters/0056217.jpg

Rating: 8.1

Release Date: 28 May 1962 (UK)

Runtime: 123 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: Together For The First Time - James Stewart - John Wayne - in the masterpiece of four-time Academy Award winner John Ford

Title: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/

Votes: 37,579

Writers: James Warner Bellah / Willis Goldbeck

Year: 1962

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance got rated 8.1.

About the movie: When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddard has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson's restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for Statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues terrorizing the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it.

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Anatomy of a Murder got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.

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Rope got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David's father, his fiancée Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect.

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Braveheart got rated 8.4.

About the movie: William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.