The 1962 American Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" was directed by John Ford and stars John Wayne and James Stewart with a supporting cast that features Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Woody Strode, Strother Martin, and Lee Van Cleef. The film's screenplay was by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck and was adapted from a 1953 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson.

With the film's storyline, it looks at specific questions that arise when Senator Stoddard (Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon (Wayne) in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn that Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, he had been roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance (Marvin). As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

This film itself is one that has enjoyed widespread commercial and critical success. It grossed US$8 million at the box office against a budget of US$3.2 million. When regarding the its specific history, in 2007 it was finally selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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