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Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. 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.
Theatrical
Apr 22, 1962
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$8.0M
Budget
$3.2M
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Jun 5, 2001
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John Ford Productions, Paramount Pictures
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Cast
Full credits →J
John Wayne
Tom Doniphon
J
James Stewart
Ransom Stoddard
V
Vera Miles
Hallie Stoddard
L
Lee Marvin
Liberty Valance
E
Edmond O'Brien
Dutton Peabody
A
Andy Devine
Link Appleyard
K
Ken Murray
Doc Willoughby
J
John Carradine
Cassius Starbuckle
J
Jeanette Nolan
Nora Ericson
J
John Qualen
Peter Ericson
W
Willis Bouchey
Jason Tully
C
Carleton Young
Maxwell Scott
W
Woody Strode
Pompey
D
Denver Pyle
Amos Carruthers
S
Strother Martin
Floyd
L
Lee Van Cleef
Reese
R
Robert F. Simon
Handy Strong
O
O.Z. Whitehead
Herbert Carruthers
P
Paul Birch
Mayor Winder
J
Joseph Hoover
Charlie Hasbrouck
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Quotes
See all →The Conscience of Shinbone
Dutton Peabody
No! No! No you don't! No! I... I'm a newspaperman, not a politician! No, politicians are my meat - I build em up and I tear em down but I wouldn't be one I couldn't be one - it'd destroy me - gimme a...
[protesting his nomination to the statehood convention]
Tom Doniphon
Bar's closed.
Dutton Peabody
Good people of Shinbone, I... I... I'm your conscience - I'm the still, small voice that thunders in the night. I'm your watchdog that howls against the wolves! I'm - I'm your father confessor! I... I... I'm... what else am I?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Emergency Response to Liberty's Injury
Floyd
It's Liberty! He - he's hurt!
Floyd
It's Liberty.
Doc Willoughby
Whiskey, quick.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
