Storyline
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
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Cast
Ben Frommer, Lee Van Cleef, John Wayne, Strother Martin, Chuck Roberson, Vera Miles, Jeanette Nolan, Woody Strode, Charles Seel, Lars Hensen, Chuck Hamilton, Scott Seaton, Anna Lee, Gertrude Astor, Frank Baker, Jerry Brown, Eddie Jauregui, Andy Devine, James Stewart, Danny Borzage, Herman Hack, Michael Jeffers, Ethan Laidlaw, Charles Morton, Cap Somers, Max Wagner, Bryan 'Slim' Hightower, Chet Brandenburg, Jack Williams, 'Snub' Pollard, Fritz Ford, John Carradine, John Qualen, Lee Marvin, Duke Fishman, Ralph Volkie, Charles Akins, Denver Pyle, Jack Pennick, Eva Novak, Jack Kenny, Edmond O'Brien, Ken Murray, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Robert F. Simon, O.Z. Whitehead, Paul Birch, Joseph Hoover, John Barton, Rudy Bowman, George Bruggeman, Noble Chissell, Russell Custer, Richard LaMarr, Jack Lilley, Buddy Roosevelt, Jack Tornek, Sid Troy, Blackie Whiteford, Helen Gibson, Dorothy Phillips, Mario Arteaga, Chuck Hayward, William Henry, Dick Cherney, Sam Harris, Tex Holden, Stuart Holmes, Jimmie Horan, Jack Perrin, Robert Robinson, Rudy Sooter, Carl M. Leviness, King Mojave, Shug Fisher, Phil Schumacher, Tom Hennesy, Earle Hodgins, Tom Smith, Ted Mapes, Montie Montana, Slim Talbot, Bob Morgan, Bud Cokes
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Reviews
100
In a few characters and a gripping story, Ford dramatizes the debate about guns that still continues in many Western states. That he does this by mixing in history, humorous supporting characters and a poignant romance is typical; his films were complete and self-contained in a way that approaches perfection. Without ever seeming to hurry, he doesn't include a single gratuitous shot.
100
Mr. Ford, who has struck more gold in the West than any other film-maker, also has mined a rich vein here. He is again exposing the explosive forces involving the advent of law, in the shape of Mr. Stewart, on the raw denizens of a lawless frontier town. When legend becomes fact, a newspaper editor tells Mr. Stewart, print the legend. In Liberty Valance, there is too much of a good legend.
100
It’s both the most romantic of Westerns and the greatest American political movie. But the movie is also romantic in another, intimate way—it’s a great love story and a painful triangle, involving the tenderfoot lawyer (James Stewart), his gunslinger friend (John Wayne), and the woman they both love (Vera Miles).
100
Along with The Searchers, it represents John Ford at his most accomplished. And it is one of the best Westerns Hollywood has ever produced.
100
A bittersweet look at the closing of the frontier by focusing on two strikingly different men who help one town choose law and order over the chaos of the open range.
