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You could watch this film a hundred times and you will enjoy it as the first time
Richard Dominguez
The Other Day I Watched And Posted A John Ford Classic "Stagecoach" ... Here Is Another Classic Of John Ford's ... One Of The Great Westerns Of All Time ... Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, John Carradine, Vera Mills, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Woody Strode And Lee Van Cliff To Name A Few .... The Story Of A Legend That Wasn't A Legend And A Man Who Wasn't A Legend That Should Have Been A Legend ... The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Is A Lesson In Sacrifice And Humility ... Sacrifice And Humility Virtues As Old As Time And As Young As The Present And As New As Eternity ... A Magnificent Story Simply Written And Portrayed On The Screen With The Respect That Such Story Telling Deserves ... It Does Not At All Surprise Me That No One Has Attempted To Remake This Movie ... The Skill And Dedication To Craft This Kind Of Movie No Longer Exist And Any Attempted To Do So Would Result In What Would Surely Be A Very Poor Imitation At Best ... I Am Glad This Movie Was Made When It Was Made By Whom It Was Made And By Whom The Characters Were Portrayed ... At Another Place And At Another Time I Shudder To Think What Would Have Been The Result ...
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Ronson Stoddard, a lawyer, head out west in search of a new life. He settles in a small town but soon comes into conflict with the local crime lord, Liberty Valance. Stoddard's only ally is rancher Tom Doniphon. With Stoddard's knowledge of the law and Doniphon's gun, they are determined to bring Valance down.Another great western from John Ford. Great plot, with a good twist at the end. More than a conventional western-action-drama, the movie covers issues like press freedom, vigilantism, law and order, and even has a romantic angle.John Wayne and James Stewart play their parts to perfection. Lee Marvin is evil personified as Liberty Valance.A timeless classic.
Sasha Lovich
James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Woody Strode, Jeanette Nolan, John Carradine, Ken Murray "A great film, rich in thought and feeling, composed in rhythms that vary from the elegiac to the spontaneous. This 1962 western flaunts its artificiality, both in its use of studio interiors and in the casting of an aging James Stewart as a young, idealistic lawyer who comes to the frontier. For some, the standardisation is a crippling flaw, but I find it sublime: the film takes place, through elegant flashbacks, in a past that is remembered more than lived; essences are projected over particulars." - Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader Selected by John McNaughton, Richard Combs, José Luis Garci, Jesus Franco, A.O. Scott.
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