The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - was released on: 22 April 1962.
The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:
- John Wayne… - played the character of: Tom Doniphon
- James Stewart… - played the character of: Ransom Stoddard
- Vera Miles… - played the character of: Hallie Stoddard
- Lee Marvin… - played the character of: Liberty Valance
- Edmond O’Brien… - played the character of: Dutton Peabody
- Andy Devine… - played the character of: Marshal Link Appleyard
- Ken Murray… - played the character of: Doc Willoughby
- John Carradine… - played the character of: Maj. Cassius Starbuckle
- Jeanette Nolan… - played the character of: Nora Ericson
- John Qualen… - played the character of: Peter Ericson
- Willis Bouchey… - played the character of: Jason Tully (conductor)
- Carleton Young… - played the character of: Maxwell Scott
- Woody Strode… - played the character of: Pompey
- Denver Pyle… - played the character of: Amos Carruthers
- Strother Martin… - played the character of: Floyd
Here is a summary of the film’s plot:
Senator Ranse Stoddard returns to the city of Shinbone in the Wild West, to go to the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphon. To a journalist, who’s wondering what the senator is doing in Shinbone, he tells how his career started as “the man who shot Liberty Valance”. As a lawyer he came to Shinbone to bring law and order to the west by means of law books. When the stagecoach is held up by outlaws, he is savagely beaten by Liberty Valance. He survives the attack and is nursed by his future wife, Hallie. Hallie is being wooed by a local rancher, Tom Doniphon. Ranse teaches the people of Shinbone to read and write, all the while trying to find a way of bringing Valance to justice. He finally takes up a gun and faces Valance in a menacing shootout… Written by Tony Kessen {rhkessen@cs.vu.nl}