Podcasts TV Good Day for a Movie Podcast Ep 013 // The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Ep 013 // The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 1 p.m.

Tate and our anonymous third co-host had never seen a John Wayne movie. Jacob changed that. In this episode the boys watch John Wayne and Jimmy Stuart's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We spend some time on old movies and how the industry has changed. We then dig into the different themes of the movie, it's much deeper than just good versus bad. 

This movie was directed by John Ford.

GD4AM: 88/100

IMDb: 8.1/100

Metacritic: 94/100

RT: 94%

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.

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