# The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

> A lawyer, a gunslinger, and a town's hunger for heroic history collide in John Ford's mournful revisionist western.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6656

## Facts

- Runtime: 123 min
- Genres: Western
- Director: John Ford
- Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Ken Murray, John Carradine
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: melancholic, elegiac, morally serious, classic cinema night, western double feature

## Synopsis

A tale of legend and law in a lawless land, where the truth is often buried beneath myth.

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