Movie
Shane
Overview
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Details
- Release date
- 1953-04-23
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alan Ladd as Shane
- Jean Arthur as Marian Starrett
- Van Heflin as Joe Starrett
- Brandon De Wilde as Joey Starrett
- Jack Palance as Jack Wilson
- Ben Johnson as Chris Calloway
- Edgar Buchanan as Fred Lewis
- Emile Meyer as Rufus Ryker
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
- Douglas Spencer as Axel 'Swede' Shipstead
- John Dierkes as Morgan Ryker
- Ellen Corby as Liz Torrey
Crew
- George Stevens - Director
- A.B. Guthrie Jr. - Screenplay
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