The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster
Director John Ford
Screenplay Willis Goldbeck, James Warner Bellah

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Tagline: Together for the first time

Release Date: 1962-04-13

Duration: 123 minutes

Synopsis

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) 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 (Lee Marvin). 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.

Casting

  • John Wayne
    Tom Doniphon
  • Denver Pyle
    Amos Carruthers
  • Jeanette Nolan
    Nora Ericson
  • Lee Marvin
    Liberty Valance
  • Vera Miles
    Hallie Stoddard
  • Lee Van Cleef
    Reese
  • Woody Strode
    Pompey
  • Strother Martin
    Floyd
  • James Stewart
    Ransom Stoddard
  • Shug Fisher
    Kaintuck (uncredited)