The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

(1962)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 1,332 votes

Genres: Western

Year: 1962

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джон Форд

Cast: Джон Уэйн, Джеймс Стюарт, Vera Miles, Ли Марвин, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Ken Murray, Джон Кэрредин, Жанетт Нолан, John Qualen

Plot

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.

When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on the way in by local ruffian Liberty Valance. Stoddard has nothing left to his name but a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericsons' restaurant, where he meets his future wife Hallie. The territory is vying for statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues to terrorize the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it.