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Posted on 09/02/2023 11:44:40 AM PDT by hardspunned
“This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Behind the camera? John Ford, a director whose name is synonymous with “Westerns”. Gathered in front of it? An ideal cast - John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Lee Marvin and Vera Miles.
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Great movie.
What a goofy movie. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance shot him in the back. Not so brave.
Vera Miles was fetching, but had off-putting medical practices.
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As great as the “stars” were, Strother Martin stole every scene he was in. And Edmond O’Brien, the performance of his career.
That was kinda the point of the movie. Notice how it destroyed John Wayne, the hero?
Play the scene out.
The Lee Marvin character would have never faced off in a fair fight with the John Wayne character.
The Lee Marvin character was determined to kill the Jimmy Stewart character.
The only way the John Wayne character could guarantee the safety of the Jimmy Stewart character was to kill the Lee Marvin character.
Jimmy Stewart = justice and civilization
Lee Marvin = evil and chaos
John Wayne = the old West
The real interesting storyline is the one between John Wayne and Vera Miles.
She chooses the somewhat wimpy lawyer over the tough rancher.
And the rancher actually gives her a good life.
That’s about as scary as handing Alec Baldwin a loaded gun.
And Built the West in the process. Remember when we celebrated the struggles of Manifest Destiny?
Have you seen the movie? The song is NOT in the movie! They contracted Burt Bacharach to write the song but for some reason released the movie before the record was finished. Crazy.
Great movie but John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart were way too old for their characters. Plus character actor O.Z. Whitehead was playing a teen when he was 50 years old.
This is probably the reason the movie was done in black and white.
Stupid song, stupid movie.
Hey, they’re talking about you here. 😁
Agreed. Andy Devine gave him a run for his money, though.
Trivia: Devine played Marshal Link Appleyard. How’s that for a name?
beat me to it re: strother martin and that includes mostly all the movies he was in.
and both those guys were in “The Wild Bunch” and both were also great in that one!
“I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
The “Boston Blackie” kind
A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine”
Jimmy Buffett
Thank goodness it was filmed in B&W.
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