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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · 2h 3m · Western · United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)

Together for the first time

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.

Directed by
John Ford
Written by
James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck
Story by
Dorothy M. Johnson
Starring
John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin
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