THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE


 "THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE"

(1962) --- 

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."

STARRING:
James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Woody Strode, Lee Van Cleef, Andy Devine, John Carradine and Edmond O'Brien

SCREENPLAY:

James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck, based on "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson.

DIRECTOR:
John Ford

AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:

It was nominated for an Academy Award but did not win.

It was nominated for four (4) additional awards, by various entities, and won two (2) of them.

In 2007, it was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry at The Library of Congress.

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