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Ransom Stoddard (played by James Stewart) and his wife, Hallie ( Vera Miles), to their small hometown of Shinbone in the American West. They are there to pay their respects to their old friend Tom Doniphon ( John Wayne), who is being buried in a pauper's grave. Stoddard, who rode to fame as a tenderfoot lawyer credited with having fatally shot the notorious gunman Liberty Valance ( Lee Marvin), makes a startling confession to local newspaper reporters. In a tale told in flashback, he relates how he arrived in Shinbone hoping to establish a law office but found the town terrorized by Valance and his gang. Although Stoddard was meek in nature, Valance's continued harassment of him resulted in an impromptu showdown in which Valance was shot dead. Stoddard thus became a local legend, and he was subsequently elected to the U. Senate. However, he confesses to the local reporters that he had learned years ago that it was Doniphon who actually fired the fatal shot at Valance and later allowed Stoddard to be credited with the deed.
Despite his confession, Stoddard finds the press uninterested in publishing the revelation, preferring instead to let his myth remain unaffected. As one journalist says—in the film's famous tagline— "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. " At the time of its release, the film was not well received by critics, many of whom found it claustrophobic. With mostly interior scenes, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance eschews the lush landscapes and widescreen cinematography that were hallmarks of Ford's movies. The cast was uniformly superb, even if Wayne and Stewart were arguably too old for their roles. In addition, the film features a host of scene-stealing character actors—including Andy Devine, Woody Strode, Edmond O'Brien, Lee Van Cleef and John Carradine —and Marvin's Valance is one of the screen's most notorious villains. The top-selling theme song by Gene Pitney does not appear in the film. Production notes and credits Director: John Ford Producer: Willis Goldbeck Writers: James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck Music: Cyril Mockridge Running time: 123 minutes Cast James Stewart (Ransom Stoddard) John Wayne (Tom Doniphon) Vera Miles (Hallie Stoddard) Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) Edmond O'Brien (Dutton Peabody) Academy Award nomination Costume design (black and white) Lee Pfeiffer
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Eventually, Stoddard and Peabody are chosen. Valance assaults and badly beats Peabody after an unflattering newspaper article is published. Sensing that Valance is out of control, Stoddard accepts a challenge to a gun duel despite his complete lack of skills. Stoddard miraculously kills Valance with one shot to the surprise of everyone, including himself. Hallie responds with tearful affection. Doniphon congratulates Stoddard on his success, and notices how Hallie lovingly cares for Stoddard's wounds. Sensing that he has lost Hallie's affections, Doniphon gets drunk in the saloon and drives out Valance's men, who have been calling for Stoddard to be lynched. The barman tries to tell Doniphon's farmhand Pompey ( Woody Strode) that, as a black man, he cannot be served, to which Doniphon angrily shouts: "Who says he can't? Pour yourself a drink, Pompey. " Pompey instead drags Doniphon home, where the latter sets fire to an uncompleted bedroom he was adding to his house in anticipation of marrying Hallie.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 American Western film. Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) arrive by train in the frontier town of Shinbone, in an unnamed western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). Genre: Adventure, Drama Actor: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles Director: John Ford Country: United States Duration: 123 min Quality: HD Release: 1962 IMDb: 8