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22 April 1962 (USA) moreTagline:
Together For The First Time - James Stewart - John Wayne - in the masterpiece of four-time Academy Award winner John FordPlot:
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. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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DVD: Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (From The AV Club. 2 June 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
Triple Feature: Gunfight at the Ok Corral
(From Cinematical. 30 May 2009, 7:02 AM, PDT)
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Who's The Better Man Here? Answer: Neither. moreCast
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123 min | Brazil:124 min | West Germany:113 min (cut version)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Spain:T | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | Netherlands:12 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | South Korea:12 | UK:U | West Germany:12 (w)Fun Stuff
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In the scene where Stoddard is carried into the "Peter's Place" kitchen wounded, Nora (Jeanette Nolan) gives him a cup of coffee laced with what she describes as "Akvavit, Swedish brandy" - the bottle is, in fact, a quite recognizable Akvavit bottle. The drink is found in all of Scandinavia but is largely considered to stem from Denmark. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Another song played at the Convention is "Come Friends Who Plough The Sea" from Gilbert and Sullivan's ‘Pirates of Penzance’, written many years later than the action of the film. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Ransom Stoddard: [descending from railway carriage and consulting pocket watch] Thanks, Jason. On time.
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I just read the comments of someone from August 30, 2004, who had reached the conclusion that John Wayne's character had stepped aside "for the better man," played by Jimmy Stewart. From my view, nothing could be farther from the truth. For all Ransom Stoddard's disdain for frontier violence, in the end, he was left with no choice but to pick-up a gun to finally silence Liberty Valance, something Valance knew better than to do with Wayne's Tom Doniphon. Call Stoddard the idealist and Doniphon the realist, but don't call him the better man. In 1946, John Ford directed My Darling Clementine, perfectly blending Wayne and Henry Fonda with his usual cast of characters to create a masterwork. Sixteen years later, he put Wayne together with Stewart (plus all the ol' gang) and made another peerless film. There was a time I didn't really "get" John Ford and John Wayne. One day, I awoke and now, the greatness of these two giants of the cinema is undeniable.