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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart. The screenplay by James ...

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

PG-13 · 1962 ‧ Western/Drama ‧ 2h 3m
8.1/10 · IMDb 95% · Rotten Tomatoes 4.2/5 · Letterboxd
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of...
Release date: April 22, 1962 (USA)
Director: John Ford
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Based on: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"; by Dorothy M. Johnson
Box office: $8 million or $3.2 million (US/Canada)

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