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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Date  Helpful Rating 1 out of 1 users found this helpful  The Man Who Shot Liberty ValancePosted: 4/21/2003A review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Anonymous A first-rate Western from a first-rate director. Every aspiring film maker should see this one. A black & white classic! Was this review helpful? Sign In 1 out of 1 users found this helpful Fate's CrossroadPosted: 2/27/2003A review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by lowellv70 John Ford bids a final farewell to the black and white westerns in this tribute shot defiantly in Black and White during the era of color. In the prairie settlement of Shinbone, Senator Ransome Stoddard and his wife Hallie return after a prolonged absence to attend the funeral of a close friend. The local press is all agog and makes the necessary reports in the name of the Fourth Estate. But a long standing issue dealing with a notorious badman in the territory named Valance rears its head as the Editor of the Shinbone Star feels a drive to tell the Senator's story and pries to hear the veiled significance of the Senator's reveries for recently departed Tom Donovan. The Senator weaves a tale of his one-man crusade to bring law and order to the wild country and when Sheriff Appleyard couldn't come up to the task, how the real hero of Shinbone finally came to the fore. For his last hurrah in the genre John Ford hand picks an ensemble of his best character players including Denver Pyle, Ken Murray as a drunk doctor, Edmond O'Brien as the fun and blustery Dutton Peabody, and the incredible John Carradine in all his filibustering glory i.e. ";THIS is no time for AW-REH-TAWREE!!!"; Trick Roper: Monty Montana Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-2 of 2 Per Page | ||
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