THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962) - ♦♦♦♦♦

Directed by - John Ford

Written by - James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldback, Dorothy M. Johnson

Starring - James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien

"A Senator returns with his wife to a small western village to attend the funeral of a friend. There, he tells the story of how the two came to overthrow the disorder in the village in the form of a feared bandit, Liberty Valance. One of the great masterpieces of the Western genre, once again, signed by John Ford. Here, Stewart plays a lawyer and Wayne plays the gunman in what feels like one of the most genuinely striking American works representing the beginning of the end of the western law of the gun. Ford is able to connect with the audience by building an emotional bridge between the audience and every single character in the film. Furthermore, the usual stunning photography and the striking sentimentality of the dialogue portrays a passionate ambivalence for American society and its roots."

Western, USA