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Shane

1953

George Stevens

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde ...

7.7

11,705

Western George Stevens' classic Western, adaptated from the Jack Schaefer novel, stars Alan Ladd in the title role. Riding the ranges of Wyoming's Grand Tetons, Shane stops at the farm of homesteader Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) just before Ryker (Emile Meyer), a powerful and predatory cattleman, arrives with his hired muscle to make the farmer a threatening offer for land that he intends to get by any means necessary. When Shane lets the cattle ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There are intriguing mysteries in 'Shane,' puzzles and challenges, not least in the title character and the way he is played by Alan Ladd (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"A rich and dramatic mobile painting of the American frontier scene"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"So archetypal it seems like the first Western ever (...) [Jean Arthur and Ben Johnson] are excellent, and some scenes lodge forever in your memory (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Stevens' classic Western, with its inflated reputation, now looks as if it were self-consciously intended as a landmark film right from the start"	NEU
United States	William Brogdon Variety	"[It] draws on sound plot and characters, solid directorial interpretation and fine playing to give it both class and mass appeal"	POS

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