Director: George Stevens

Writers: A. B. Guthrie; Jack Sher

From novel: Shane by Jack Schaefer

Music Score by: Victor Young

Producer: George Stevens

Keywords: Western

Reluctant gunfighter Shane assists a Wyoming homesteading family against greedy ranchers who covet their land. Compelling story of good vs. evil. Won Oscar for Best Cinematography; received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and two for Best Supporting Actor, Brandon De Wilde and Jack Palance. Entered 1993 into the National Film Registry.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jean Arthur	Actor	17-Oct-1900	19-Jun-1991	Only Angels Have Wings
Edgar Buchanan	Actor	20-Mar-1903	4-Apr-1979	Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction
Elisha Cook, Jr.	Actor	26-Dec-1903	18-May-1995	The Maltese Falcon
Ellen Corby	Actor	3-Jun-1911	14-Apr-1999	Grandma on The Waltons
Brandon De Wilde	Actor	9-Apr-1942	6-Jul-1972	Shane! Come back!
Van Heflin	Actor	13-Dec-1910	23-Jul-1971	Till the Clouds Roll By
Ben Johnson	Actor	13-Jun-1918	8-Apr-1996	The Last Picture Show
Nancy Kulp	Actor	28-Aug-1921	3-Feb-1991	Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies
Alan Ladd	Actor	3-Sep-1913	29-Jan-1964	Shane
Jack Palance	Actor	18-Feb-1919	10-Nov-2006	Performed one-handed push-ups

CAST

Starring
Alan Ladd	...   Shane
Jean Arthur	...   Marian Starrett
Van Heflin	...   Joe Starrett
Introducing
Brandon De Wilde	...   Joey Starrett
With
Jack Palance	...   Jack Wilson
Ben Johnson	...   Chris Calloway
Edgar Buchanan	...   Fred Lewis
Emile Meyer	...   Rufe Ryker
Elisha Cook, Jr.	...   Stonewall Torrey
Douglas Spencer	...   Shipstead
John Dierkes	...   Morgan
Ellen Corby	...   Mrs. Torrey
Paul McVey	...   Sam Grafton
John Miller	...   Atkey
Edith Evanson	...   Mrs. Shipstead
Leonard Strong	...   Ernie Wright
Ray Spiker	...   Axel Johnson
Janice Carroll	...   Susan Lewis
Martin Mason	...   Ed Howells
Helen Brown	...   Martha Lewis
Nancy Kulp	...   Mrs. Howells

REVIEWS

Review by Dr. Denim (posted on 13-Sep-2005)

Quite simply, the greatest western movie ever filmed and one of the greatest American movies, period. Everything about it is magnificent and much to be savored again and again: the story, the dialogue, the set decoration, cinematography, acting, music score, etc. If Shane is not in your movie collection, you don't have a movie collection.

Review by anonymous (posted on 30-Dec-2006)

A superbly awesome screen adaptation of Jack Schaeffer's 120 page (paperback edition) book. Perhaps the "GREATEST" western ever made! A wonderful love story woven in and fiction brought to real life as folks fought to build this great nation in "the old west". Wealthy "land baron" ranchers, poor dirt farmers staking claims and "Gunfighters"; Not a single ingredient missing. If you saw it--- YOU WERE THERE!

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