Top billed cast

1. 

   Alan Ladd

   Shane

2. 

   Jean Arthur

   Marian Starrett

3. 

   Van Heflin

   Joe Starrett

4. 

   Brandon De Wilde

   Joey Starrett

5. 

   Jack Palance

   Jack Wilson

6. 

   Ben Johnson

   Chris Calloway

7. 

   Edgar Buchanan

   Fred Lewis

8. 

   Emile Meyer

   Rufus Ryker

9. 

   Elisha Cook Jr.

   Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2017-06-21

A man has to be what he is Joey, can't break the mould.

Shane is a weary gunslinger, one day he happens upon a homesteader family and begins to do chores for them, he finds an inner peace that he long thought was behind him. Sadly his peace is short lived because a strong arm cattle baron is determined to drive all the small farmer families off their land, and Shane finds himself drawn into the escalating conflict.

Taken from Jack Schaefer's popular novel, Shane holds up today as one of the most popular revered Westerns because it has mass appeal to the watching public. The main plot str...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,100,000.00

Revenue
$20,000,000.00

Keywords

• friendship
• showdown
• based on novel or book
• gun
• harassment
• settler
• fistfight
• little boy
• gunfight
• homesteader
• intimidation
• homestead
• cattle ranch
• gunfighter
• cattleman
• starting over
• newcomer
• adult child friendship
• land rights