»The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance« - together with »Ringo« one of the greatest films of its genre - is a modern Western that outshines all previous Westerns. John Ford, whose name is inevitably associated with westerns, directs an ideal cast. James Stewart plays the clumsy but charming lawyer determined to rid the peaceful town of Shinbone of the main culprit and villain: Liberty Valance. And as if that wasn't enough, the biggest star to ever hold a revolver plays the titular hero: John Wayne. The highly correct Stewart and the rough rancher Wayne are also interested in the same woman. One gets the gunslinger, the other the woman . . .