The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

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Correction: There is no fight scene with Wayne and Marvin. Tom and Liberty never have a physical altercation.

Corrected entry: When the undertaker opens the coffin, Ranse orders him to get Doniphan's boots and spurs and put them back on the body. The undertaker says that they were really nice boots and Ranse tells him again. When the undertaker returns with the boots, they are old and beat up - certainly not "nice boots"

Correction: Exactly. They WERE really nice boots, just as the undertaker said.

Corrected entry: In front of the Tom's coffin, Marshal Link's hat appears and disappears between shots on the box he is holding.

Correction: This entry was cut and pasted from IMDb. Please junk it.

Bob Blumenfeld ★

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Audio problem: When John Wayne has his back turned and tells the newspaper man "print that and he will kill you sure as hell", you can tell by the side of John Wayne's face that he isn't really saying anything.

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Question: When Ranse confronts Liberty and reaches for the dropped gun, there appears to be something written at Ranse's feet in the dirt. What is it?

Answer: At first glance, it looks like the word "LEFT" in large, widely-spaced lettering. It's very unlikely that this would be a blocking cue, telling Jimmy Stewart to move left (which he does from that point). That's not the way blocking cues are done, for one thing, and a seasoned actor such as Jimmy Stewart wouldn't need such a cue. It's also very unlikely that it's a warning message from John Wayne who is hiding in an alley across the street, on Stewart's right. John Wayne didn't want anyone to know that he actually killed Valance, so he wouldn't alert Jimmy Stewart with any messages scrawled in the street. All hypothesis aside, it's probably just footprints in the dirt, an illusion of light and shadow.

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