This prestigious film narrated in flashbacks is realized by a master filmmaker like John Ford does what he knows best , like making the classic ¨Stagecoach¨or the masterpieces ¨Wagonmaster¨or ¨Fort Apache¨or ¨The searchers¨that reflected the conscience and the anger of the West time or the immortal blend of tenderness and power in ¨They wore yellow ribbon¨ and another;as he gained a quarter of Academy Awards in the process. Besides this movie is bringing America's frontier to heroic life filmed against a breathtaking sweep of sky,sand and mountain and brings two great stars(Wayne,Stewart) together for the first time in a heroic epic about winning of the West to enact the most powerful scenes that ever came out the West. It's a story enormous in scope,unusual in concept ,is incomparably played by the greatest team who ever went into action.
Trigger-taut drama of the strangest alliance between the West's most honest advocate (James Stewart) and a fast-gun he-man (John Wayne) but confronted for a woman's heart (Vera Miles). The film deals with the progress civilization and the oblivion to whom made it . From the James Warner Bella and Willis Goldbeck (producer as well) screenplay comes the story of the day the West will never forget , the day what the attorney at law Ramson Stoddard (Stewart) carried a gun and he will tell : it's a cold-blooded murder but I can live with it . John Wayne as Tom Doniphon plays the usual role as tough and valiant action man by means the force , beyond the law , he achieves the democratic liberty in Shinbone town . Villanous Lee Marvin as the nastiest gunfighter and his henchmen (Lee Van Cleef and Strother Martin) are supported by the cattleman and wealthy owners confronting for the open range against the homesteaders . The movie ensembles a magnificent supporting cast as Andy Devine as the coward and ridiculous sheriff , the drunk journalist Edmond O'Brien , Jeanette Nolan , John Carradine ,John Qualen... This picture is considered an American classic and one of the greatest Western motion pictures.
Trigger-taut drama of the strangest alliance between the West's most honest advocate (James Stewart) and a fast-gun he-man (John Wayne) but confronted for a woman's heart (Vera Miles). The film deals with the progress civilization and the oblivion to whom made it . From the James Warner Bella and Willis Goldbeck (producer as well) screenplay comes the story of the day the West will never forget , the day what the attorney at law Ramson Stoddard (Stewart) carried a gun and he will tell : it's a cold-blooded murder but I can live with it . John Wayne as Tom Doniphon plays the usual role as tough and valiant action man by means the force , beyond the law , he achieves the democratic liberty in Shinbone town . Villanous Lee Marvin as the nastiest gunfighter and his henchmen (Lee Van Cleef and Strother Martin) are supported by the cattleman and wealthy owners confronting for the open range against the homesteaders . The movie ensembles a magnificent supporting cast as Andy Devine as the coward and ridiculous sheriff , the drunk journalist Edmond O'Brien , Jeanette Nolan , John Carradine ,John Qualen... This picture is considered an American classic and one of the greatest Western motion pictures.