The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · Movies · 2h 3m · Western

bittersweet

How it ends

Stoddard's success is built on Doniphon's unrecognized heroism, leaving both men with unresolved fates.

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Overview

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.