Synopsis
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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Cast
- Alan LaddShane
- Jean ArthurMarian Starrett
- Van HeflinJoe Starrett
- Brandon De WildeJoey Starrett
- Jack PalanceJack Wilson
- Ben JohnsonChris Calloway
- Edgar BuchananFred Lewis
- Emile MeyerRufus Ryker
- Elisha Cook Jr.Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
- Douglas SpencerAxel 'Swede' Shipstead
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
Shane wears a white hat and Palance wears a black hat, but the buried psychology of this movie is a mottled, uneasy, fascinating gray. - 100
The New York Times
Shane contains something more than beauty and the grandeur of the mountains and plains, drenched by the brilliant Western sunshine and the violent, torrential, black-browed rains. It contains a tremendous comprehension of the bitterness and passion of the feuds that existed between the new homesteaders and the cattlemen on the open range. - 100
Chicago Tribune
Shane is one of those movies that I revisit at least once a year, just to remind myself how stirring a Western can be when the mix of myth and method is just right. [21 June 2002, p.C8] - 100
Empire
Tries just a tad too hard to be a classic, with Ladd's Roy Rogers woodenness not quite getting the depths of author Jack Schaefer's fallen hero, but the support - Jean Arthur as the yearning farmer's wife, Ben Johnson as the conscience-struck bully - are excellent, and some scenes lodge forever in your memory. - 100
The Seattle Times
George Stevens' mythic 1953 Western finally gets a video transfer that captures the crisp, bright beauty of its Oscar-winning cinematography. [17 Aug 2000, p.D3] - 90
Variety
George Stevens handles the story and players in a manner that gives his production and direction a tremendous integrity. The casting is exceptionally good and the male stars have never been seen to better advantage. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Although the film is often brutal, there is such a positive sense of morality displayed here that Shane should be seen by the whole family. - 80
Tampa Bay Times
The filmmaker who counted A Place in the Sun, Giant, and The Greatest Story Ever Told among his epic works made this rather intimate Western in which character dominates the landscape. [18 Aug 2000, p.9W]
