Shane

Shane

1953 · 118 min · EN · NR · 7.3 (718 votes)
Dir. George Stevens · Starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson · Music Victor Young

“The greatest story of the West ever filmed!”

DramaWestern

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

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A sweeping, elegiac Western that feels both grand and intimately human. It evokes a quiet, stoic tension, building to an inevitable, powerful confrontation. The vast landscapes frame a tale of reluctant heroism and the bittersweet cost of justice, leaving a lingering sense of melancholy and the passing of an era.

stoicmelancholictenseheroicelegiacsteadyclassic Westernepic landscapemoralistic storytellingiconic cinematographyheroismthe passing of an erajusticebelongingsacrifice
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friendshipshowdownbased on novel or bookgunharassmentsettlerfistfightlittle boygunfighthomesteaderintimidationhomesteadcattle ranchgunfightercattlemanstarting overnewcomeradult child friendship
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