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, 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. With alan ladd, jean arthur, van heflin, brandon de wilde
Choose Your Own Adventure - San Diego Magazine
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.
Alan ladd plays the title character, a mysterious drifter who rides into a tiny homesteading community and accepts the hospitality of a farming family.
Although he tries to leave his gunslinging past behind, refusing even to carry a gun, he decides to fight fletcher in order to save starrett's farm.
