The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 · Western
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Film / 1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Directed by
John Ford
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
John WayneTom Doniphon
James StewartRansom Stoddard
Vera MilesHallie Stoddard
Lee MarvinLiberty Valance
Edmond O'BrienDutton Peabody
Andy DevineLink Appleyard
Ken MurrayDoc Willoughby
John CarradineCassius Starbuckle
Jeanette NolanNora Ericson
John QualenPeter Ericson
Willis BoucheyJason Tully
Carleton YoungMaxwell Scott
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Woody StrodePompey
Denver PyleAmos Carruthers
Strother MartinFloyd
Lee Van CleefReese
Robert F. SimonHandy Strong
O.Z. WhiteheadHerbert Carruthers
Paul BirchMayor Winder
Joseph HooverCharlie Hasbrouck
Charles AkinsTownsman (uncredited)
John BartonTownsman (uncredited)
Rudy BowmanTownsman (uncredited)
Chet BrandenburgTownsman (uncredited)
Jerry BrownTownsman (uncredited)
George BruggemanTownsman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' ChissellTownsman (uncredited)
Russell CusterTownsman (uncredited)
Duke FishmanTownsman (uncredited)
Fritz FordTownsman (uncredited)
Herman HackTownsman (uncredited)
Jack KennyTownsman (uncredited)
Richard LaMarrTownsman (uncredited)
Jack LilleyTownsman (uncredited)
Buddy RooseveltTownsman (uncredited)
Jack TornekTownsman (uncredited)
Sid TroyTownsman (uncredited)
Ralph VolkieTownsman (uncredited)
Max WagnerTownsman (uncredited)
Blackie WhitefordTownsman (uncredited)
Gertrude AstorTownswoman (uncredited)
Helen GibsonTownswoman (uncredited)
Eva NovakTownswoman (uncredited)
Dorothy PhillipsTownswoman (uncredited)
Mario ArteagaHenchman (uncredited)
Chuck HaywardHenchman (uncredited)
Chuck RobersonHenchman (uncredited)
Jack WilliamsHenchman (uncredited)
Frank BakerGambler (uncredited)
William HenryGambler (uncredited)
Danny BorzageMusician (uncredited)
Dick CherneyStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Chuck HamiltonStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Sam HarrisStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Lars HensenStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Tex HoldenStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Stuart HolmesStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Jimmie HoranStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Jack PerrinStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' PollardStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Robert RobinsonStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Scott SeatonStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Rudy SooterStatehood Audience Member (uncredited)
Carl M. LevinessStatehood Council Member (uncredited)
King MojaveStatehood Council Member (uncredited)
Shug FisherKaintuck (uncredited)
Ben FrommerCantina Bartender (uncredited)
Jack PennickJack (uncredited)
Phil SchumacherBartender (uncredited)
Tom HennesyBuck Langhorn (uncredited)
Bryan 'Slim' HightowerShotgun (uncredited)
Earle HodginsClute Dumfries (uncredited)
Michael JeffersBarfly (uncredited)
Tom SmithBarfly (uncredited)
Cap SomersBarfly (uncredited)
Eddie JaureguiDrummer (uncredited)
Charles MortonDrummer (uncredited)
Ethan LaidlawParty Member at Convention (uncredited)
Anna LeeMrs. Prescott (uncredited)
Ted MapesHighpockets (uncredited)
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