L'uomo che uccise Liberty Valance

Titolo originale: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Regia: John Ford |
Anno: 1962
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Western
Tag: gunslinger | showdown | funeral | legend | ranch | outlaw | lawyer | black and white | stagecoach | cowboy |
Cast: John Wayne | James Stewart | Vera Miles | Lee Marvin | Edmond O'Brien | Andy Devine | Ken Murray | John Carradine | Jeanette Nolan | John Qualen | Willis Bouchey | Carleton Young | Woody Strode | Denver Pyle | Strother Martin | Lee Van Cleef | Robert F. Simon | O.Z. Whitehead | Paul Birch | Joseph Hoover | Charles Akins | John Barton | Rudy Bowman | Chet Brandenburg | Jerry Brown | George Bruggeman | Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Russell Custer | Duke Fishman | Fritz Ford | Herman Hack | Jack Kenny | Richard LaMarr | Jack Lilley | Buddy Roosevelt | Jack Tornek | Sid Troy | Ralph Volkie | Max Wagner | Blackie Whiteford | Gertrude Astor | Helen Gibson | Eva Novak | Dorothy Phillips | Mario Arteaga | Chuck Hayward | Chuck Roberson | Jack Williams | Frank Baker | William Henry | Danny Borzage | Dick Cherney | Chuck Hamilton | Sam Harris | Lars Hensen | Tex Holden | Stuart Holmes | Jimmie Horan | Jack Perrin | Harry 'Snub' Pollard | Robert Robinson | Scott Seaton | Rudy Sooter | Carl M. Leviness | King Mojave | Shug Fisher | Ben Frommer | Jack Pennick | Phil Schumacher | Tom Hennesy | Bryan 'Slim' Hightower | Earle Hodgins | Michael Jeffers | Tom Smith | Cap Somers | Eddie Jauregui | Charles Morton | Ethan Laidlaw | Anna Lee | Ted Mapes | Montie Montana | Slim Talbot | Bob Morgan | Charles Seel | Bud Cokes | Jane Crowley | Larry Finley | Finn Zirzow | Raoul Freeman | Ron Nyman |

Un maledestro avvocato vuole liberare un piccolo paese del West da uno scomodo fuorilegge. A questo scopo chiede l'aiuto di uno scaltro cow boy con il quale condivide l'amore per la stessa donna.

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John Ford: [cards] Liberty Valance plays the "dead man's hand" (Aces and Eights) before going o [...] D
Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) refers to Valance as " . . . the toughest man south of the Picketwire [...] D
At the time of release, this was dismissed as a lesser work from a once-great director and was [...] D
John Ford said he deliberately shot this film on soundstages in an effort to distance it from h [...] D
Cyril J. Mockridge was hired to score the picture, but John Ford used a bit of music from Alba [...] D
Selected by the Library Of Congress for the National Film Registry in 2007. D
Some of the earlier scenes in the movie, particularly in the restaurant, were apparently styled [...] D
Sheriff Appleyard attends school to check up on "my little family" - nine Latino children who l [...] D
Throughout the course of the movie, instead of calling him by name, Tom Doniphon refers to Rans [...] D
This was the second John Ford movie each for Vera Miles (Sentieri selvaggi (1956)) and Jeanette [...] D
The script followed Dorothy M. Johnson's story and viewpoint fairly closely with one notable ex [...] D
The relatively small cast boasts an impressive share of Oscar winners. All four of the main pla [...] D
When he saw the set for the town of Shinbone, assistant director Wingate Smith remarked that it [...] D
In the classroom behind the Shinbone Star office, an American flag with 38 stars can be seen. C [...] D
According to Woody Strode, John Wayne was so hurt by John Ford's abuse that he took it out on S [...] D
Woody Strode frequently performed his own stunts, partly because he was such a good athlete and [...] D
The one cast member who could get away with just about anything on the set was Lee Marvin. John [...] D
While filming the stagecoach hold-up, James Stewart couldn't get a handle on it and kept flubbi [...] D
According to Lee Van Cleef, John Wayne was cast at the insistence of the studio. John Ford rese [...] D
At the beginning of the movie, in the scene in which Vera Miles comes near John Wayne's burned [...] D
John Wayne suggested Lee Marvin for the role of Valance after working with him in I Comanceros [...] D
The film later inspired Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Homecoming (1993) in which the legendar [...] D
Final film of 'Snub' Pollard. D
John Ford also directed James Stewart and John Wayne in Alcoa Premiere: Flashing Spikes (1962). [...] D
There are varying opinions about why the film was shot in black and white in the studio instead [...] D
This was Andy Devine's third picture with John Ford after Ombre rosse (1939) and Cavalcarono in [...] D
In Cavalcarono insieme (1961), James Stewart wore the same hat in the film that he had worn in [...] D
Ken Murray called John Ford an ogre and said he was scared of him. D
In one scene with James Stewart, Little Brown Jug is playing in the saloon. This was a hit for [...] D
The last time John Qualen plays a Scandinavian character alongside a John Wayne lead. D
Sergio Leone said that this was his favorite John Ford film because "it was the only film where [...] D
When Rance is running the class he asks Pompey what is the governing document that is changed f [...] D
Vera Miles previously played John Qualen's daughter in Sentieri selvaggi (1956). Her relationsh [...] D
Photographs exist of the entire cast seated around a table for what was a John Ford tradition: [...] D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. D
Doniphon and others use a wooden mallet as a gavel in the voting scene. This is a bung starter, [...] D
When Dutton Peabody stumbles back drunk to his newspaper office, he partially recites the Saint [...] D
Edmond O'Brien said, "I have never seen John Ford happier than he was in making this; he came o [...] D
On Lee Marvin's first day on the set, John Ford called him over and said, "You just did a movie [...] D
While it is stated that it would have been obvious Valance was killed by a rifle bullet, this i [...] D
The stagecoach which delivers Stoddard and Peabody to the political convention has a very faint [...] D
John Ford argued that the final showdown between Stoddard and Valance wouldn't have worked in c [...] D
Shinbone is a fictional town most likely located in Southern Colorado. Since it is stated the c [...] D
John Ford once said that he preferred black-and-white and that it is actually more difficult th [...] D
According to John Ford's grandson, many people involved in the shooting remarked on Ford's lack [...] D
Final film of Stuart Holmes. D
At one point, hard-drinking newspaper editor Dutton Peabody refers to the bad guys as "Liberty [...] D
John Ford only shot just what he needed with very little extra coverage on. He also preferred t [...] D
Final film of Helen Gibson. D
O.Z. Whitehead, playing a teenager, was actually 50 years old. D
A drawing of Dutton Peabody, founder, owner and editor of the Shinbone Star (he also sweeps out [...] D
Several reasons have been put forward for the film being in black and white. John Ford once cla [...] D
During shooting, John Wayne was already suffering from lung cancer, although it was not diagnos [...] D
In promotional posters for the film, James Stewart appears to be billed first; however, in the [...] D
Lee Van Cleef later said he had no fond memories of working with John Wayne in this film. D
John Ford had considered casting a young actor as Stoddard, but feared that would highlight the [...] D
Final film of Blackie Whiteford. D
First occasion of John Wayne calling someone "Pilgrim". D
John Wayne said that this film was "a tough assignment" for him. While everyone else seemed to [...] D
The face off scene, between Stoddard and Valance, have a comparative with the original David an [...] D
James Stewart genuinely liked John Ford and was eager to work with him again, especially since [...] D
This was John Ford's last film in black and white. D
Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) and Strother Martin (Floyd) both appeared in Il grande scout (1976 [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
James Stewart related that midway through filming, John Wayne asked him why he never seemed to [...] D
According to Frank Baker, John Ford substantially improvised on the scenario from day to day. D
Valance addresses several characters as "dude." From the 1870s to 1960s, this was a pejorative [...] D
Although most sources say the film was shot almost entirely at Paramount Studios, with exterior [...] D
During the territorial convention, three of the actors (John Wayne, Andy Devine and John Carrad [...] D
Gene Pitney released the Burt Bacharach-Hal David "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", which pea [...] D
Lee Marvin's first scene (the stage hold-up) presented problems for the actor--he couldn't seem [...] D
In 1967 John Ford was quoted as saying that the film was based on historic facts, although he n [...] D
Final film of Buddy Roosevelt. D
Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance), Strother Martin (Floyd) and Lee Van Cleef (Reese) had all previou [...] D
John Ford had filmed earlier westerns with John Wayne in color, like "The Searchers" and "She W [...] D
John Ford was quite harsh on John Wayne during filming. Some have ascribed it to Ford's age and [...] D
Final film of Jack Perrin. D
John Wayne was still on location for I Comanceros (1961) in early summer 1961 when he began get [...] D
In this, as well as many of his movies, John Wayne's character wears a cartridge belt with a si [...] D
In the cast as an uncredited townsman was Danny Borzage, brother of director Frank Borzage and [...] D
Although it was never used in the score, a popular pop ballad was inspired by the movie. It was [...] D
In the scene where Stoddard is carried into the "Peter's Place" kitchen wounded, Nora (Jeanette [...] D
Tom Doniphon does die in this film, although it is off camera and not in a gunfight or anything [...] D
Denver Pyle played O.Z. Whitehead's father, despite being nine years younger than him. D
Print the Legend, a phrase taken from the movie's famous quote, is the title of a crime novel b [...] D
A photo of the actors and crew during a lunch break making this movie sitting in Pete's cafe is on d [...] D
This was Woody Strode's third film with John Ford after I dannati e gli eroi (1960) and Cavalcarono [...] D
Lee Marvin's widow Pamela said this was her "all-time favorite" of all the movies her husband made. D

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On the train ride home one can see a modern diesel freight train riding on the tracks in the backgr [...] D
At the train station in the beginning Stoddard tells the young reporter he will give him an intervi [...] D
In the famous scene where Liberty trips Ransom carrying a platter of food, Tom (John Wayne) interve [...] D
When Tom tells Rance who really shot Valance, the election signs behind the door are totally differ [...] D
Near the end of the movie, after Stoddard re-enters the convention hall to accept his nomination, t [...] D
It would have been obvious that Valance had been killed by a bullet fired from a rifle, as this wou [...] D
When we see Liberty Valance shot the first time in the film, he stands up with his left leg steppin [...] D
Just over an hour into the film, a landscape is shown with saguaro cacti obviously erected at rando [...] D
The train conductor at the ending scene remarks to Ransom Stoddard that the train will be able to m [...] D
When Valance and his sidekicks first enter the cafe and after Hallie goes back to the kitchen the d [...] D
The convention chairman refers to Peabody as "Mr. Dutton Peabody, Esquire". This is incorrect. When [...] D
At minute 52:37, when the children are singing the alphabet song, the letter Q is sung, but left ou [...] D
Toward the end when the Stoddards are back to pay respects to Tom Doniphon, Rance snaps his watch c [...] D
Between several shots, the "for statehood" and the "open range" groups completely switch sides of t [...] D
Ransom Stoddard, at the school scene, makes a reference to "truck farmer." This phrase refers not t [...] D
At the beginning of the movie, young reporter Charlie Hasbrouck cranks an old phone to contact his [...] D
When Stoddard is setting the paint cans on the fence posts, they make a tinny sound that clearly in [...] D
During the stage hold up after Liberty has knocked Stoddard down he shoves the other two passengers [...] D
In one of the first shots of the film, Link is seen with the town square and gazebo behind him. As [...] D
Dutton Peabody was a little lax in his typesetting. The SHINEBONE STAR newspaper Rance Stoddard com [...] D
After Liberty wins the poker game he collects his winnings by first putting some of it in his pocke [...] D
During the statehood/territory political rally, when Peabody completes his nomination of Stoddard f [...] D
Wayne's shirt keeps changing shade, although this might be due to the lighting. D
The "Swedish Brandy" Nora offers Ransom, is actually Danish "Aalborg Akvavit", First bottle was dis [...] D
During the stagecoach robbery the lead pair of horses is cut loose and pull their reins out of the [...] D
In the flashback, Tom Doniphon tells Stoddard that he killed Liberty Valance, it is Stoddard who sh [...] D
As Hallie tends to Rance's bullet wound from Valance, the position and cleanliness of Rance's hand [...] D
When Link Appleyard and Hallie Stoddard ride out to Tom Doniphon's place to get a cactus rose for h [...] D
During the convention, Ransom is seated with several extras behind him in the long shots. But in th [...] D
Another song played at the Convention is "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" from the song "Alabama J [...] D
One of the songs being played in the saloon was "Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight," but the song wa [...] D
The "Picketwire" (Purgatoire) river is located in Colorado, which became the 38th state in 1876. Th [...] D
When Liberty first knocks Stoddard down during the stage coach robbery he is standing, and falls to [...] D
In the gunfight between Stoddard and Valance, Valance's hat falls off and lands in the dirt. During [...] D
The opening shot of the movie shows the train coming around the last bend on approach to Shinbone S [...] D
In the reverse shot during the climactic political rally, the opposing parties switch sides. [...] D
When teaching his students, Ransom asks what the supreme law of the land is. When a pupil (Pompey) [...] D
When the senator views the dead body and asks where his boots are the undertaker says (in an attemp [...] D
When Tom arrives drunk at the dream house and staggers in, his shirt is light gray. Once he's insid [...] D
In the saloon scene just after Valance is shot, when Doniphon throws Valance's henchman Floyd out t [...] D
In the schoolroom scene, after Stoddard incorrectly describes the Declaration of Independence as th [...] D
After Doniphan shoots the paint cans, the amount and patterns of the paint on Rance's jacket change [...] D
As Stoddard (shown from his front) begins the meeting to choose delegates banging the table and ask [...] D
During the train ride back with Stoddard and his wife, the scenery is going by so fast that it is h [...] D
In the final scene, the conductor brags that the train can go 25 mph. But as the scenery flies by t [...] D
In front of the Tom's coffin, Marshal Link's hat appears and disappears between shots on the box wh [...] D
Doniphon moves his head back just as Stoddard punches him. D
On the night of the gunfight when Mr. Pebody leaves the newspaper office to refill his jug of "cour [...] D
When Tom Doniphon enters the room that the territorial convention is held, we can see several women [...] D
When Mrs. Ericson makes a check mark on a blackboard to record a dinner given to Marshal Link Apple [...] D
Throughout this film the lighting often varies from one scene to the next usually when viewing from [...] D
Toward the end when Tom Doniphon takes Ransom Stoddard into a back room to tell him who really shot [...] D
When Peabody starts arguing against his being nominated (shown from behind) he is standing right ne [...] D
When the two guys are trying to talk the saloon crowd into hanging Stoddard the first one with the [...] D
Tom declines being nominated as a delegate because he has other plans, yet he comes to the conventi [...] D
When Ransom Stoddard is found and brought to the Swedish innkeepers, Nora makes him drink "Swedish [...] D
When Pompey hands the cactus rose to Tom, the flowers are facing right. When Tom takes the cactus, [...] D
If the average citizen of Shinbone is illiterate, it would be difficult to support Mr. Peabody's ne [...] D
In the last scene on the train, as Stewart is returning to Washington with his wife, the scenery ou [...] D
"Jump Shot" type of bad edit occurs during the undertakers scene about 14 or 15 minutes in. This is [...] D
Senator Stoddard said he had followed Horace Greeley's advice to "Go west, young man, and seek fame [...] D

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