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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Rotten Tomatoes

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Released Apr 22, 1962

2 hr. 2 min.

Western

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95%

55 Reviews

Tomatometer

92%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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 outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). 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.

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Critics Consensus

Featuring a trio of classic leading men and a rich story captured by a director at the peak of his craft, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is one of the finest Westerns ever filmed.

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Merick H

A great western but there are a few moments that drag.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Alec B

Filled with fascinating contradictions (yeah they say "print the legend" at the end but that is after the movie tells the truth) and its perfectly cast.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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James G

Although the plot twist at the end was phenomenal, there was a lot of extra scenes and plots in the movies. For example, the love triangle with ranse, Tom, and Hallie was very unnecessary. Also the final scene in the flashback, when a new group tries to put their candidate up over ranse because he is a murder was also unnecessary.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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Nick F

A small town being terrorised by a notorious gunslinger is a familiar Western theme but masterly director John Ford puts far more depth, character and tension into this classic movie. By 1962 when The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence was released, the style might seem a little overblown but stars John Wayne and James Stewart, both in their 50s yet playing younger men, carry it off with the style and magnetism which made them famous. Bolstered by a reliable cast which includes Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien and Andy Devine, the film highlights the tensions between ranchers wanting open ranges and townsfolk wanting Statehood which builds to a edgy - and surprising - climax. Reviewed by Nick Fletcher

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/30/23

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Tim B

A classic film in both John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart's careers

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/01/23

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Henry M

John Ford was an OSS agent during WW2, and in many ways, his film career feels like an extension of his service. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance tows the line between cinema and moral propaganda. Ford envisioned an America of rugged, gun owning, individualists, who followed the law but didn't let the law allow bad men to take advantage of them. The film is also representative of ongoing struggles with racial integration which were going on in 1962, when the film came out. John Wayne is at his most John Wayne, which is to say, not much. But the amount of talented character actors in this film is immense. Every small character is played by a talented unique actor.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/07/23

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John Ford

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James Stewart

Ransom Stoddard

John Wayne

Tom Doniphon

Vera Miles

Hallie Stoddard

Lee Marvin

Liberty Valance

Edmond O'Brien

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

John Ford regularly made such clear-eyed, unsentimental assessments of the Old West and the lies that forged its mythology that one may wonder how the concept of a “revisionist western” ever took root when the original was already so bleak.

May 16, 2022

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Richard Brody

New Yorker

There's much to say about it; the simplest is that it's both the most romantic of Westerns and the greatest American political movie.

Apr 29, 2013

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

There is a purity to the John Ford style. His composition is classical. He arranges his characters within the frame to reflect power dynamics -- or sometimes to suggest a balance is changing.

Rated: 4/4

Dec 30, 2011

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Ian Kane

Epoch Times

Many believe “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” to be John Ford’s greatest film. It’s somewhat of a farewell letter to a way of life that has faded into history...

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 2, 2023

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Zita Short

InSession Film

The finale gives you so much to chew on in the way of deconstruction of Western myths and the eternal conflict between anarchism and civilized society...

Rated: B-

Feb 3, 2023

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

... A pensive yet ripely entertaining film — proof that he [John Ford] was himself one of his country’s great myth-makers.

Sep 26, 2022

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Synopsis

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 outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). 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.

Director: John Ford
Screenwriter: James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck, Dorothy M. Johnson
Distributor: CIC-Taft Home Video, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, John Ford Productions
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 22, 1962, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2011
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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