A drifter, he is hired as a farmhand by hardscrabble rancher joe starrett, who is homesteading with his wife, marian, and their young son, joey. Shane, directed by george stevens, is a classic western film released in 1953 With alan ladd, jean arthur, van heflin, brandon de wilde
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A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act in this classic oscar winning.
Yes, on the surface, shane is the gunfighter who wants to leave his past behind him, who yearns for the sort of domesticity he finds on joe starrett’s place in the grand tetons.
Shane, american western film, released in 1953, that is a classic of the genre, noted for exploiting the elegiac myths of the old west via a unique juxtaposition of gritty realism and painstakingly composed visual symmetry. When the silent killer of the maltese falcon gets killed himself by hired gun palance, shane, a rough sleeping drifter, takes the law into his own hands, and then moves on. Universally renowned as one of the best westerns ever made, “shane” was nominated for six academy awards (including best picture), winning one
