The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 American film directed by John Ford / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1962 film. For the 1962 song of the same title, see (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance. For the 2014 stage play, see The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (stage play).
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (/ˈvæləns/) is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a 1953 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson. The supporting cast features Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Woody Strode, Strother Martin and Lee Van Cleef.
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Directed by | John Ford |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by Dorothy M. Johnson |
Produced by | Willis Goldbeck |
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Cinematography | William H. Clothier |
Edited by | Otho Lovering |
Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | John Ford Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.2 million |
Box office | $8 million[2] or $3.2 million (US/Canada)[3] |
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In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]