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Shane 118 minutes, USA (1953), PG
(4.5)
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Our rating:
Average user rating (4.1 / 35 votes)
Alan Ladd in Shane

A gunfighter tries to start a new life only to become involved in a brutal battle with local cattle barons in this classic western starring Alan Ladd

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Shane: A diminutive depressive, Alan Ladd wasn't an obvious choice to play Shane, one of cinema's great (anti) heroes.

The big-screen embodiment of author Jack Schaefer's ace gunfighter, Ladd (so short he shot most of his scenes standing on a box) possesses all the charisma, poise and presence of Gary Cooper or John Wayne...
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