THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
1962, 122’
Original English version
Director: John Ford Produzione
Screenplay: James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck
Cast: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles
Country: USA
Distribution: Park Circus – Paramount
moglie di ritornare a vivere nel West.In the early 1900s, Senator Ramson Stoddard returns to the town where he began his political career to be present at the funeral of Tom Doniphon, an unknown cowboy. While there, Stoddard recalls the story of his dispute with the gunfighter Liberty Valance and the shoot-out he was forced into. Stoddard’s unexpected success in the duel and his resulting reputation as a hero had provided the launch for the senator’s political career. However, the truth of the matter was different: it was Doniphon who had killed Liberty Valance in an attempt to protect Stoddard from certain death. The memory of the episode, and the fondness the place inspires in him, suggests to the senator and his wife that they should return to live in the West .