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Quick Info

Rating

7.8/10

Release1962

Runtime2h 3m

StatusReleased

Budget$3,200,000

Revenue$8,000,000

Production

Paramount Pictures

John Ford Productions

Movie

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

2h 3m

7.8

Western

Synopsis

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.

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