Shane

Shane1953

Director: George Stevens
Stars: Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 118 minutes

Consciously crafted by director George Stevens as a piece of American mythmaking, Shane is on nearly everyone's shortlist of great movie Westerns. A buckskin knight, Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into the middle of a range war between farmers and cattleme… more »



Joe:
These old-timers, they just can't see it yet, but runnin' cattle on an open range just can't go on forever. It takes too much space for too little results. Those herds aren't any good. They're all horns and bone. Now, cattle that is bred for meat and fenced in and fed right - that's the thing. You gotta pick your spot, get your land, your own land. Now a homesteader, he can't run but a few beef. But he can sure grow grain and cut hay. And then what with his garden and the hogs and milk, well, he'll make out all right. We make out, don't we, Marion?

Marion:
[pause] Of course.

Joe:
I wouldn't ask you where you're bound.

Shane:
One place or another. Some place I've never been.

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