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Together for the first time - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Title: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Release Date: 13 Apr 1962

Runtime: 2h 3m

Genre: Western

Director: Paramount Pictures, John Ford Productions

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, John Ford Productions

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.777 (1154 votes)

Cast

  • Tom Doniphon: John Wayne
  • Ransom Stoddard: James Stewart
  • Hallie Stoddard: Vera Miles
  • Liberty Valance: Lee Marvin
  • Dutton Peabody: Edmond O'Brien
  • Marshal Link Appleyard: Andy Devine
  • Doc Willoughby: Ken Murray
  • Maj. Cassius Starbuckle: John Carradine
  • Nora Ericson: Jeanette Nolan
  • Peter Ericson: John Qualen
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