There are varying opinions about why the film was shot in black and white in the studio instead of location filming in colour. Some accounts have it that John Ford was forced to curtail his usual production methods because Paramount would not give him the financing he needed to shoot in one of his favourite locales, such as Monument Valley. Others, particularly critics and film analysts looking back to reclaim the film as one of Ford's major achievements, say the decision was entirely Ford's, a choice that zeroed in on a more intimate and intense character study. Most observers agree that black and white also helped ease the suspension of disbelief necessary to accept James Stewart and John Wayne as young men and Stewart in his make-up for the character late in life.

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