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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Cast

John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin View All

Crew

Willis Goldbeck (Screenplay), John Ford (Director), James Warner Bellah (Screenplay), Dorothy M. Johnson (Story) View All

Release: Apr. 22nd, 1962

Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes

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.

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3 John Ford: The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

LIBERTY VALENCE Perhaps the most famous line in John Ford�s classic film The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) was: �when the legend becomes fact, keep the legend.� I try in my now extensive mem...

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mark f
To be honest, I find the beginning of the film which sets up the flashback, to be a weak start which the film has to overcome, but it successfully does so, and the actual ending of the film, after the flashback ends and everyone, except for perhaps one significant character, knows the truth of the story to be quite moving.

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