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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Cast
John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin View AllCrew
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
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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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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.