

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3.2M
- Box office
- $8M
- Language
- English
- gunslinger
- showdown
- funeral
- legend
- ranch
- outlaw
- lawyer
- black and white
- stagecoach
- cowboy
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1313 Apr 1962
- TheatricalPG-1322 Apr 1962
- PremiereLos Angeles Film Festival30 Jun 2006
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)London3 May 1962
- TheatricalU28 May 1962
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-ray5 Aug 2020
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG12 Jul 1963
CanadaCA
- Theatrical23 Apr 1962
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical27 Sept 1962
BrazilBR
- PhysicalDVD6 Jun 2005
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical158 Feb 1963
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1614 Sept 1962
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP2 Oct 1962
- TheatricalRe-release22 Jun 2005
- TheatricalRe-release, restored version6 Aug 2014
- TVTPArte5 Jun 2017
- Digital / OTTTPArte•tv20 Jul 2026
- TVTPArte20 Jul 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany20 Sept 1962
- TV3 Jun 1999
- TVArte5 Jun 2017
- Digital / OTTArte•tv20 Jul 2026
- TVArte20 Jul 2026
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG8 Jun 1962
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was released on 13 April 1962.
Audience reviews
1- B9/10
badelf
5/3/2026
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Directed by John Ford Well, it is an old Western, so it's all about bullies, and how they invariably lose to a more powerful bully. Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) terrorizes the town with violence; he's replaced by lawyers, politicians, and the machinery of government. Same power dynamics, more sophisticated weapons. The famous line "When the legend becomes fact, print the …
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