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MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE | Director: | John Ford |
| | Year Released: | 1962 | Jan's Rating: Rich's Rating: | 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 | Key Performances: | Andy Devine Lee Marvin Vera Miles James Stewart John Wayne
| Movie Haiku: | Complex drama with deep characterizations infused with irony & wisdom. Stewart’s the greenhorn bringing his law books west into a face-off with Marvin (as gunslinger Valence). Wayne, the towering giant of the prairie, is the moral agent, nurturing a world that can never be his own. Ford’s greatest Western? | ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM: | Women filmmakers? | No | Jewish content? | No | Haiku Posted: | 2001 | |
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